Manager Mental Health

This could be your chance to lead a small team & make positive change
- Customer service, service development, finances, contracts & risk
- Recovery-oriented & person-centred practices

At Southern Cross Care (WA) we help people live extraordinary lives every day, connected to communities. As a provider delivering care, support and accommodation for West Australians in greatest need, our purpose is clear, and our passion is strong.

Southern Cross Care (WA) is a place where you can have an extraordinary impact, make an extraordinary difference, and be appreciated for extraordinary contributions.

We hope you will join us and become one of the people who make Southern Cross Care (WA) an extraordinary place to be.

**About the role and where you will be working**:
This role is a part of the Senior Leadership Team and has operational responsibility and leadership of our teams in Community Options, Community Mental Health, Family Carer Support and Disability Services

These teams do a wonderful job providing recovery and person-centred support in the community, to individuals experience long term mental illness.

Your key areas of focus will include customer service, service development, financial management / reporting, contract management and risk management.

**We’ll also be asking you to:

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- Work closely with Home Care and Residential Aged Care leaders
- Lead your team to deliver services in line with National Standards for Mental Health Services.
- Coach, mentor and support all business unit team members.
- Achieve accreditation. Identify ways to improve & innovate.
- Lead the development of NDIS service delivery.
- Meet operational budgets report variances.

**About you**:
You’re an experienced leader with an in-depth working knowledge of Mental Health Services / NDIS practice standards, quality indicators and national standards.

Developing and mentoring staff comes naturally, and you take great pride in leading by example.

With a genuine desire to make a positive difference in people’s lives, you’re ready to step into a new role and lead your team in achieving excellence in service and compliance.

**To be considered for this role, you’ll need**:

- Experience in a similar role.
- Tertiary qualification/s in health, mental health or behavioural science.
- A robust understanding of recovery-oriented & person-centred practice.
- The ability to lead through change & communicate effectively.
- Commercial acumen.
- Have or willing to obtain an NDIS check

**Working with us**:
At Southern Cross Care (WA), we are committed to being an employer of choice. As well as providing a positive and supportive environment, we also offer the following benefits:

- Not-for-profit salary packaging options of up to $15,900 for general living expenses and $2,650 for entertainment benefits.
- Corporate Health Insurance with HBF
- Free employee assistance program
- A diverse range of services which allows professional development and growth
- Paid Parental Leave
- Annual leave starting at 4 weeks (full time)
- Carers/personal leave
- Service Awards for long standing employees
- Flexible working environment

**How to apply**:

- Immunisation record (Flu & COVID19)
- A completed pre-employment health questionnaire
- Qualifications

**About us**:
Established over 50 years ago, Southern Cross Care (WA) is a purpose-driven, not-for-profit organisation contributing to social, health and economic development in WA. We do this by enabling the delivery of integrated services in our community for the increasingly complex health, care and accommodation needs of our aging population and those living with mental illness.

Our dedicated and passionate team of around 900 employees and 130 volunteers, deliver care and services to over 3000 West Australians across our residential, retirement village, mental health, community housing and home care portfolio.

Our promise to our clients, residents and each other is to enable extraordinary because we;
**Listen, Act**, **Do not give up, Work as one.**

Southern Plus and Southern Cross Housing Ltd. are part of the Southern Cross Care (WA) Inc. Group.

**Southern Cross Care (WA) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work.**

**For more information on the services, we provide visit: scrosswa.org.au