Team Leader Wellbeing

**Leadership role at the forefront of major systemic change in mental health service**:

- ** Be part of a newly established Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service**:

- **SCHADS Schedule B Level 5.1 + salary packaging & leave loading**:
***_Shape the future of mental health & wellbeing. Lead, support and coach a team and coordinate day to day operations of the program. _**:
**About the new service**
The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System has challenged us to think beyond incremental improvement to deliver a mental health system that helps all Victorians live their best lives. In a region characterized by fragmentation, complexity, and access barriers, implementing the Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe (GGQ) Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is a key step in realizing this goal.

The GGC Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is delivered by a consortium of equal partners: Barwon Health, Watharoung Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd, Wellways Australia and ERMHA365.

The GGC Local Service is underpinned by positivity, hope and inclusion. Drawing on established services, networks, and pathways, the GGC Local Services provides seamless integration between local, area and wellbeing services for the benefit of consumers, carers, and providers.

**About the Role**
The team Leader Wellbeing & Peer Support Services is responsible for supporting the establishment and ongoing day to day coordination and operation of the Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services.

This role will lead the provision of high-quality services that enable the people we support to achieve their health, social, emotional and practical needs. This will be done through collaboration with the people we support, their families, carers. The role will also involve coaching and mentoring the Wellbeing and Peer Support team to ensure they have the skills and knowledge required to work positively with the people we support.

**Requirements**:

- Ability to work collaboratively with multiple and diverse stakeholder
- Experience in effectively managing, coaching and supporting a diverse team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Completed or willing to undertake Managers IPS training
- NDIS module & NDIS Workers Screening check
- National Police Check
- Working with Children Check
- Evidence of right to work within Australia
- COVID-19 booster vaccination or valid medical exemption.

**What we offer**
- Located in the center of Geelong's CBD, we also offer an easier commute from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, rather than travelling across the city
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Ongoing professional development
- Access to attractive salary packaging benefits of up to $15,899 per annum
- 17.5% Leave loading
- Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
- Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum

**Now is your chance to shape the future of mental health and wellbeing in Victoria to ensure that **_everyone_** is supported and included.
**Diversity and Inclusion**
The GGC Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

**For a confidential discussion about the role contact**
**Bron Lawman | 0461 499 894**

Wellways is committed to the health and safety of its employees and participants and addressing risks of COVID-19 in the workplace. Wellways requires that all workers be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccination before commencing employment. **Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or valid medical exemption.**

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. **Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.