Community Awareness Co-ordinator

**Employment Status**

Permanent Part Time

**Program**

Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services

**Location**

Colac Area Health

**Hours Per Fortnight**

48

**Position Summary**
- Up to $20k relocation assistance provided to successful applicant
- Assist young people receiving early access to health and other services
- Work collaboratively to ensure the centre delivers youth-focussed services to young people
- Permanent Part Time - 48 hours per fortnight

**About the service**

Barwon Health’s Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services and Colac Area Health, in collaboration with other local Colac partners, are establishing a new headspace centre for young people in the Colac/Otway region experiencing early symptoms of mental health disorders and common co-occurring difficulties.

The new Colac centre will act as a ‘one-stop shop’ for young people (aged 12-25 years old) in the community with mental health and wellbeing concerns. It will provide no (or low) cost, youth friendly, holistic care across the headspace four core streams: Mental Health, physical and sexual health, alcohol and other drugs and vocational training/educational support. The centre will prioritise providing and tailoring services to young people at-risk and in the early stages of their condition.

**About the role**

As the successful applicant, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be an experienced professional with experience in community engagement and youth advocacy. You will be responsible for the promotion of the headspace Colac services and helping young people receive early access to health and other services. Other duties of your role include:

- Help to increase community awareness of mental health issues among young people
- Facilitate youth and where relevant family participation
- Organise and deliver health promotion activities and community events to engage identified target populations.
- Work collaboratively with all staff located at the headspace Colac to help ensure the centre delivers youth-focussed services to young people
- Please note: lived experience of being a consumer of, or carer of a person who has received mental health services is a desirable characteristic, however, not essential._
- Salary ranging between $63k-$83k (full time per annum) / depending on experience and qualifications._

**What we offer**
- Up to $20,000 cash re-imbursement to cover relocation expenses
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave and take leave without pay
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to 24/7 employee wellness facility
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Attractive salary packaging benefits Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments / Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Melbourne, Victoria

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: I agree to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full COVID vaccination) as set out in Barwon Health’s Staff Immunisation Policy as amended from time to time. I acknowledge that meeting this ongoing requirement is mandatory and a condition of any employment subsequently offered.
Essential: Qualifications in Health Promotion, Public Health, Community Development, Social/Behavioural Science, Social Work/Planning
Essential: Demonstrated experience working with young people with mental health, alcohol and other drug, and other social issues.
Desirable: Lived experience of mental illness (distress) and/or drug and alcohol use; recovery; as a client (consumer) of public mental health services
Desirable: Did you see this position via the 'Make your Mind Shift' campaign'?
Desirable: If you answered no to the above, what platform did you see this role advertised on? e.g. Seek, Facebook, Ethical Jobs etc
Desirable: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.

**Contact Person**

Simon Buggy

**Contact Person Job Title**

**Contact Number**

040322631