Community Awareness Officer

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Full time

Primary Clinical Services Melbourne Part-time

14/6/2024
- Werribee location | Close to public transport
- Part time ongoing position | 0.8 FTE
- Access to NFP salary packaging | Join a multidisciplinary team

Your new job
The Community Awareness Officer will develop, deliver and evaluate community awareness, engagement, and youth participation programs and activities in the local area with a focus on promoting early help-seeking for mental health and other health/social issues facing young people.
Reporting to the Clinical Services Manager you will:

- Develop and deliver a range of activities and programs to increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental health and other health/social issues.
- Increase awareness of headspace services amongst young people, their families/carers and friends, and the local community.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with schools, community, public and private sector agencies, with a focus on community capacity building, shared community engagement/awareness activities and effective referral pathways to/from headspace.
- In consultation with the youth advocacy Group (YAG) and Clinical Services Manager, develop, monitor and review a Community Awareness and Youth Participation Plan for the headspace centre.
- Our headspace sites operate after 5pm multiple times a week, availability to work across rotating shifts required._

What you’ll need
You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

- Tertiary qualifications in the social or health sciences, community development or a related field, and/or substantial relevant experience in a similar field.
- Experience and understanding of mental health, drug and alcohol and other health/social issues facing young people.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate community awareness programs.
- Previous experience in providing leadership and/or supervision, including to young people.

What you’ll get in return
- Salary between $82,038 - $88,286 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11% super + access to $15,900 NFP salary packaging + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Provide and further develop your leadership and skills with Orygen and be part of leading the revolution in youth mental health.

Orygen - leading the revolution
Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.
Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.
Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.
At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.
Join the revolution

For more information and to review the position description, please follow the link

This is a part time (0.8 FTE) ongoing position

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.



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