Mental Health

5 days ago


St Kilda, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Part Time (60.8 hrs per fortnight), Maximum Term (until June 2025)**:

- **Metro locations - St Kilda, Prahran or Cheltenham**:

- **SCHADS level 2 role + super + salary packaging**

**About the opportunity**:
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Traineeship is part of the Earn & Learn Program, an initiative of the Victorian Government to encourage growth in the community mental health and wellbeing sector. This enables people to study mental health education and work in a community mental health service. Uniting is offering positions in a range of mental health services to support Mental Health and Wellbeing Trainees to gain valuable practical experience as they complete their studies.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Trainees will be responsible for providing support to the day-to-day intake and assessment service functions, outreach support, individual and group support, and working collaboratively with consumers to achieve their wellbeing and recovery goals.

Trainees will be supported with workplace supervision and guidance, as well as relevant training and education to meet their learning and development needs. Through this they will develop a sound understanding of the community mental health sector through employment.

**View the full position description **here**

**What’s on offer**:
In addition to a base salary commencing at **$34.46 p/hr **+ superannuation, you will have access to:

- An **extra** **17.5%** on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave
- Ability to **increase** **your** **take-home pay** by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits which can be used for living expenses such as rent, groceries, bills, clothing, and much more.
- **10% **discount** on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or Centre.
- 25% discount at Uniting Op Shops

**About you**

You will have enrolled in and be making satisfactory progress towards completion of the Certificate IV in Mental Health. You will also have:

- Completed the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Orientation Module Certificate (or working towards this).
- Experience working in physical or mental health related disciplines such as yoga teaching, personal training, life coaching or artistic fields such as painting or drawing (Desirable)
- Lived experience, as a consumer or carer for someone, of public mental health services (desirable)
- Experience and expertise working directly with people with mental health issues, AOD challenges, complex needs and with their families and carers (desirable)

**How to apply**

**About Uniting**

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._



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