Practice Team Leader

Salary:

- Salary packaging options
- Location:

- Redcliffe
- Documentation:

- PD
- Employment Type:

- FT - Full-Time Fixed Term
- Department:

- Redcliffe Medicare Mental Health Centre
- Closing Date:

- 22 Jun 2025

**About the role**
- Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and supervision to a team of Psychologists, Social Workers, and Mental Health Practitioners
- Foster a team culture that is inclusive, reflective, and aligned with the principles of trauma-informed and recovery-oriented practice
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the Drop-In service alongside the Peer Team Leader
- Provide guidance on, and monitor the completion of Outcome Tools (including K10), Individual Recovery Plans, Case Plans and Home Visit Risk Assessments, ensuring these are reviewed regularly
- Supporting team members with the delivery of clinical and non-clinical supports, ensuring guests are receiving a high-quality service that meets their needs
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships within Communify, partners, key stakeholders and clinical service providers to ensure participant supports are provided in a responsive, coordinated and integrated manner.
- Contribute to Quality and Management Systems including Risk Management, Continuous Improvement, Internal Audits and adherence with the NSQMHCMO Standards
- Support the MMHC and Communify leadership with reporting to our funding bodies

**Role criteria**
- Tertiary qualification in Social Work or Allied Health with relevant Registration
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in supporting participants through the key responsibilities outlined above - in particular, leadership, supervision, delivering clinical and non-clinical supports, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and distress management
- Minimum of three years working in the mental health field (leadership experience desired)
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team and supporting cross-disciplinary support services

**Additional requirements**
- A current open QLD driver’s license.
- Working with Children card and Working with People with a Disability check (or the ability to obtain one) is mandatory.

**About Communify**
Communify is committed to supporting people across all life stages and experiences to lead active, health and socially connected lives. we provide programs and services in areas of aged care, children, family and individual support, mental health, disability, housing & homelessness, drug & alcohol recovery and NDIS. through our Neighbourhood Centres and Community development Programs we also offer Emergency Relief, Social Inclusion activities, Food security, Multicultural Support, Community Gardens and Venue Hire.

**Incentives include**
- Salary Packaging providing tax benefits
- Personalised Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Strong commitment to regular and meaningful supervision
- Professional development budget and dedication to supporting the learning and growth of staff members
- Diverse and inclusive values-based organisation that prides itself on being flexible and supportive

**About Communify’s Medicare Mental Health Centre**
Communify’s Medicare Mental Health Centres (MMHC) are safe and welcoming spaces that provide high-quality mental health supports delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals and people with a lived experience of mental health. Funded by Brisbane North PHN, the centres provide free, integrated support over extended hours for individuals with moderate to severe mental health concerns and complex life circumstances, as well as support for careers and families.

A key element of Communify’s Medicare Mental Health Centres integrated service delivery is our psychosocial program, which delivers high-quality support to those whose complex mental health concerns have a significant impact on daily life and wellbeing. Communify’s MMHC psychosocial program provides support for up to 12 months to eligible participants with a strong focus on delivering recovery-oriented services in participants’ communities.

**How to apply