Coordinator - Service
Job No:
S3986
Location:
Anglicare SQ - Mental Health & Wellbeing - Brisbane, QLD
About the Position
Anglicare SQ supports all kinds of people who may be impacted by mental health and wellbeing challenges from new parents, children transitioning through school, people planning retirement and everything in between. We are here to provide the support needed at home or out in the community, for people to live the life they want. Our team are currently looking for a passionate and proactive Coordinator to join them - providing operational guidance and support to a multidisciplinary team, and day to day management of contractual outputs. There is also a percentage of “hands-on” client contact and community engagement.
This full time position is ideal for a Counsellor who offers a successful background in alcohol and other drugs counselling and several years’ experience in a leadership role. With our main office based in Woolloongabba the Coordinator role will work across a number of sites including the Gold Coast and Ipswich.
About You
With a collaborative and consultative approach, our successful candidate will be happy to roll up their sleeves and hit the ground running. Skills and capabilities will include:
- A background in domestic and family violence counselling and/or drug and alcohol services and a passion for driving change within our clients
- Experience in a range of service deliveries and programs including domestic violence, drug diversion and group facilitation would be beneficial
- Strong change management skills, with an understanding of individual and team impacts, and able to provide a positive focus on the future
- Being organised with good time management skills, as you will need to balance your own clinical workload while effectively maintaining management and administrative duties
- Previous experience working within reflective and supervision frameworks and the capacity to promote and embed these within your team
- Networking and community engagement skills; able to promote programs and services at various events
- An adaptable, flexible nature, with the capacity to juggle changing priorities on any given day
- Ability to guide and mentor a well-established and high-functioning team - your management style will be a “hands-off, open-door” policy
- Confident to both up-manage and support a busy, hard-working team to ensure both service and organisational success
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the capability to relate to a wide range of staff, clients and families
- A commitment to travel to multiple sites within the region, establishing consistent processes and developing a “one team” dynamic
Although attitude and abilities are the priority for this role, you will also be required to hold:
- A degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences or similar field
- A current Blue Card (Working with Children)
- Queensland Driver Licence and your own, reliable vehicle
- Post-graduate qualifications in Family Support or Mental Health would be advantageous
What We Offer
Anglicare is committed to building a highly skilled workforce, assisted by a dedicated management team. We support our staff with learning and development initiatives, an employee benefits program and progressive human resources management strategies, and are recognised as a leading employer in the non-profit sector. You will also enjoy:
- A highly supportive, collaborative leadership team with significant opportunities for personal and professional development
- Working with a self-sufficient, well-established team of professionals who are passionate and care about making a difference
- Flexible working hours working at a number of locations throughout the region
- Extensive development of your skills and capabilities in a busy, rewarding role
- A chance to increase your take home pay with full PBI salary packaging options
Show Your Interest
Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working with an organisation that values your professional contribution and personal well-being. Anglicare is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ communities, people with disabilities and people with a lived experience of mental health issues. We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing on-going care and protection.
JOB NUMBER S3986
For further information please contact
Louise McElrea on 07 3028 4600
Applications close Friday 31st May 2019
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.
About Us
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.
Anglicare has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs and is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout Southeast Queensland.