Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Coordinator

Your new role:

As a Mental Health Coordinator (Identified First Nations), you will provide culturally safe, high-quality services to support the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, this role will focus on health awareness, follow-up care, and advocacy in addiction and mental health settings.

Provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocacy within multidisciplinary health teams.

Manage a caseload of clients with complex needs including mental health, substance use, trauma, and social support.

Deliver cultural clinical assessments, interventions, and discharge planning.

Build strong community links and engage with stakeholders to support holistic care.

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

About you:

We are seeking a culturally strong and compassionate individual who can deliver person-centred care in line with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health priorities.

Demonstrated cultural knowledge and ability to apply this in mental health and addiction care.

Experience providing trauma-informed care while maintaining professional boundaries.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care principles and the social determinants of health.

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What we can offer you:

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.

We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role

You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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