Support Coordinator/recovery Coach

**One Door Mental Health (ODMH) is looking for a Support Coordinator/Recovery Coach to join our incredible team in Chatswood on a permanent basis (full-time and part-time roles available).**

**About One Door**

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers.

Our **community** creates a safe place that connects people, our **services** are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our **advocacy **work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding.

Creating a world in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

You can read more about One Door Mental Health and our values here.

**About the Program**

The NDIS aims to give people with disability better access to personalised, high quality, and innovative supports and services. A specific focus is to enhance the independence, social, and economic participation of people with disability and their carers. The NDIS uses a person-centered approach that aims to increase choice and control.

**About the Role**

The Support Coordinator/Recovery Coach will work with consumers to support the implementation of their NDIS plan. This includes assisting the consumer to locate the services and supports that they require to meet the goals in their plan and to maintain their linkages to other services including housing, health, and education. The Support Coordinator will also assist consumers with budgeting funds and navigating the various NDIS systems. The Support Coordinator will work with the consumer to build their capacity to achieve greater independence to self-manage their services and supports in the longer term. They will also be required to provide the NDIA with reports on outcomes and success indicators within the agreed reporting frequency.
For more information on the role, the
- **position description** may be viewed here.

**Your skills and experience**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in mental health, health or welfare degree, or Cert IV in mental health and substantial years of relevant experience, or equivalent level of expertise attained through previous employment, service, and study.
- Minimum 3 years work experience in a mental health environment and a thorough understanding of recovery-oriented principles in the mental health setting
- Drivers Licence and access to a vehicle.
- High level of skills in communication, liaising, and negotiation
- Strong local knowledge of the relevant health and welfare sectors
- Exceptional organisational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail
- A strong capacity to work with challenging issues, at the consumer, service delivery and system level
- Demonstrate experience in building and maintaining partnerships across a broad range of sectors
- Sound IT competence with Microsoft programs, Consumer Management Systems, electronic timesheets, and ability to adapt to new systems as they are introduced
- Ability to exercise personal responsibility and take initiative
- Demonstrate values consistent with person-centered ways of working and supporting the consumers choice and control

**Additional Details**

One Door Mental Health requires all staff to have a Police Check clearance, a current Working with Children's Check and NDIS Worker Screening clearance and appropriate COVID-19 Vaccination.

**How to apply?**

**Any questions?**

**Don't miss this opportunity to join a recognised and respected organisation that is purpose and values driven