Care Coordinator Head to Health

**About us**:
We’re leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition - it’s a name that’s purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

As we embark on the next stage of our journey, join us to make a difference. We're here to Stride.

**About the service**:
The Head to Health service is a brand new service for adults in Western Sydney seeking emotional wellbeing and mental health support. The service provides a combination of peer-led recovery and clinical support and a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for people experiencing psychological distress. Allowing low risk individuals to identify alternatives to presenting to the Emergency Department and gaining access support from trained mental health professional within their community, outside a clinical setting.

**On Offer**:

- Based in Parramatta
- 2x Opportunities available - Full-time & Permanent (1x position is an identified First Nations role)
- Paying on HPSS Level 3
- Salary packaging options (up to $15,899 tax free)
- Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650
- Leave loading at 17.5%
- Stride Rewards - access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion, food and fitness)
- One paid wellbeing leave day per year
- Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12 month period (pro rata entitlement if part-time
- Paid parental leave
- Excellent training & career development

**Role Overview**:
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a brand new Head to Health service in Western Sydney.
- There are currently two positions available (one opportunity is an identified First Nations position)
- Participate in intake system, answering phone calls and enquiries, screening and assessing needs, prioritising and making appropriate follow up appointments and referrals
- Conduct bio-psycho-social assessments of individuals presenting to the service, using the Stride Head to Health Hub assessment tool and document the results of assessment and screening
- Conduct risk assessments, including assessment of suicide risk, violence/aggression and vulnerability and provide risk management in collaboration with the individual, their family/carers and other support systems with active engagement of appropriate referrals and treatment planning
- Liaise with and develop collaborative working relations with key service providers
- Provide brief interventions to a small caseload of clients with mild to moderate mental health presentations as required

**Requirements**:

- Must have one of the following: General/Provisional AHPRA registration as a Psychologist OR General AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Nurse OR AASW eligibility as a Social Worker
- Experience in mental health assessment and subsequent coordination of access to appropriate service provision
- Knowledge of and experience in, the provision of mental health services to individuals, and their families, including knowledge of contemporary evidence-based interventions
- Ability to develop and deliver individual or group-based skills training activities
- Highly developed communication (including written) and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage with individuals, advocate on their behalf and establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, clients, carers and stakeholders
- Good computer skills
- Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a WWCC
- Current Drivers License

Vaccination against COVID-19 is a requirement for all positions and is in accordance with Stride policy. As part of the recruitment process Stride requests evidence of vaccination status (in accordance with privacy principles) to ensure compliance with this policy requirement.

This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental health recovery, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.

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