Community Development Coordinator - Tuggerah, Australia - Uniting

Uniting

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Tuggerah, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Uniting, Recovery stream, provides Psychosocial Services for people with mental issues in the community in Central Coast NSW. This new position Community Development Coordinator will work alongside the Operations Manager and collaboratively with the Psychosocial Leadership Team.

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Full time in Tuggerah:

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Be an active member of multi-disciplinary team - community mental health:

SCADS 3 +Generous salary packaging benefits

Role Overview:

This role is instrumental in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the community development strategy within their allocated program.

The Community Development Coordinator will also build the capacity of the community to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and be able to respond to mental health concerns.

As a Community Development Coordinator, your role will include (not limited to):

Actively promote the service within the community to improve community awareness of mental illness, services available and how to access these services.
Coordinate and/or participate in community events including interagency, consortium, consumer representative groups and partner meetings.
Facilitate information sessions with external services such as Department of Communities and Justice, General Practitioners (GP's), Local Health Districts other Community Managed Organisations.
Support the development of resources, activities and events to engage consumers and their families.

Selection Criteria:

You will have a minimum qualification of a Cert IV in Mental Health or relevant tertiary qualification such as health promotion, social work, psychology or community development/engagement
Current Australian Driver's Licence.
One or more years of experience in your field of expertise.
Experience in facilitating Community Development initiatives and projects.
Ability to develop, document, monitor and report on community awareness strategies and plans within established guidelines and frameworks.
Sound knowledge of mental health promotion and messaging.
Demonstrated ability to consult with a wide range of stakeholders to develop local referral networks and implement community awareness and education campaigns within established guidelines or procedures.
Ability to work autonomously

Benefits & culture

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.

Salary packaging entitlements, company rewards
Ongoing training & development, including cultural awareness training
Career progression & development opportunities
At Uniting we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe from COVID19. We require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID19 as a condition of employment._