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Night Shift Team Leader - Mental Health Support Services

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Tertiary degree in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work or related field, 3+ years experience in acute or community mental health, Registered with AHPRA, PACFA, ACA, or AASW.

Key responsabilities:

  • Manage a team of 10-15 frontline counsellors on night shift
  • Provide clinical supervision and operational support
  • Oversee quality improvement projects and audits
  • Deliver some front-line service as needed
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Job description

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Job description:

Your role 

We’re looking for an experienced Mental Health Leader to join our community-based team on night shift. This is a permanent full-time opportunity requiring you to work from home across a 24/7 roster supporting the night shift virtual telephone & online health service. 

About you 

You are an experienced leader who feels confident in the management of a team of 10-15x front line Counsellors as part of the Beyond Blue Support Service on night shift. In this role your night-to-night operational management will include being a clinical and operational escalation point, providing clinical supervision, people management, support with continuous quality improvement projects and audits and include some front-line service delivery.  

  • Demonstrated experience in people management and providing clinical supervision within complex and high-volume mental health service
  • A tertiary degree and/or masters in one of the following: Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, Social Sciences, Welfare OR: Tertiary degree in unrelated field plus Graduate Diploma in Counselling from ACAP (2-year Course) 
  • Minimum 3-years’ experience in acute or community mental health 
  • Registered with ONE of the following professional bodies;
    • AHPRA (as a Provisional Psychologist with external supervision support or full registration as a Psychologist)
    • PACFA - Minimum Provisional (working towards full registration)
    • ACA - Minimum level 2
    • AASW / AMHSW – Full Membership

What's on Offer:Our employees enjoy an enviable range of benefits, some including:

  • Overtime allowances and public holiday penalty rates
  • Additional yearly Well-Being, Community & Deep Listening leave days
  • Tailored Mental Health Support through our Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee discounts on Australian Unity Banking products, Private Health and General Insurances
  • Novated Leasing – enjoy a new car whilst salary packaging with Maxxia
  • Travel and Accommodation – care hire, travel insurance and accommodation discounts 

You will be provided with relevant technology equipment to support you with your WFH setup however will be required to have the following:

  • Private room/space which can be used for your home office set up
  • Reliable/stable internet connection 
  • Demonstrated IT skills and proficiency in telephony-based systems where you are comfortable navigating multiple software, digital note taking and counselling and support simultaneously.

 Click Apply or contact Anna Mitchell, Talent Acquisition Specialist, for a confidential discussion at AnRichards@australianunity.com.au

Applications close Friday 27th September 2024. *Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad before the advertised close date.

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people. To view our Reconciliation Action Plan, please click https://www.australianunity.com.au/about-us/reconciliation-action-plan

Anna Mitchell - AnRichards@australianunity.com.au

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Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
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Soft Skills

  • verbal-communication-skills
  • Leadership
  • people-management
  • technical-acumen

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