Health And Wellbeing Consultant

Location: Brisbane City- Brand: Training & Employment- Date Posted: 1 Nov 2024- **Location**: Brisbane, QLD
- **Employment Status**: Full-Time, Ongoing (part time options available)
- **Salary range**: From $72.5k p.a + 11.5% super | Negotiable based on skills and experience
- **Salary Packaging available**: Not for Profit Salary Package up to $15,990 per annum each FBT year - further meals and entertainment benefits up to $2,649 per annum

**Hey You**:
Are you passionate about clinical leadership and supporting mental health professionals? genU is seeking an experienced Health and Wellbeing Consultant (Mental Health) to join our team within the Access & Specialist Services division.

As a Health and Wellbeing Consultant (Mental Health), you will utilise your specialist skills, knowledge and experience to provide a person centred, holistic approach to support clients toward improved management of their mental health issues in order to facilitate successful engagement with employment. This role will also use your counselling intervention skills when support clients.

**Some of your key Responsibilities**:

- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments, deliver face-to-face and telehealth interventions, and facilitate group workshops to support client health and employability.
- Create tailored health action plans, provide health advice, and guide clients in managing their conditions and returning to work.
- Ensure timely and accurate documentation of client activities and health action plans, and submit related invoices weekly.
- Build relationships with external organizations and health professionals, providing training to operational staff and promoting referrals to the Health and Wellbeing service.
- Engage in monthly performance reviews and supervision, participate in training opportunities, and take responsibility for continuous professional development.

**To be successful in this role it is a requirement that you have**:

- Full registration as a health professional with one of the following regulatory bodies as below:

- Psychologist registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Occupational Therapist registered with AHPRA.
- A counsellor registered with the Australian Counselling Associations (ACA) or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACA)
- Rehabilitation Counsellor registered with Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC)
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker registered with the Australian Association of Social workers (AASW)
- Strong understanding of the biopsychosocial model of healthcare and experience facilitating mental health-related group interventions.
- Committed to empowering clients with severe and enduring mental health issues to manage their conditions effectively and enhance their employability.

**You will also meet the following essential requirements**:

- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Current NDIS Worker Orientation Module certificate

**Our Team**:
We offer a diverse range of services that include disability support, senior services, training and employment across Australia. Reflecting our heritage, we are proud to be one of the largest NDIS providers in Australia.

**genU Benefits & Culture**:

- Here at genU we're a group of passionate, driven people who want everyone's lives to be happier and healthier, especially people with disabilities, the ageing and those experiencing disadvantage. We operate solely for community benefit and invest back into the same communities in which our services are delivered._
- genU welcomes diversity, including diversity of race, culture, spirituality, gender, age, identity, ability, and sexuality. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all and living the values of genU each and every day_

**genu staff have access to a range of benefits, including but not limited to the following**:

- **Investment in You**: genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression. You will have access to a range of accredited training modules, staff mentoring programs and our internal jobs board.
- **Commitment to Staff Health & Wellbeing**:24/7 access to an innovative, holistic employee assistance program that supports your emotional, mental, financial, and physical health.
- I**ncrease your Take Home Pay**:salary package up to $15,900 per annum each FBT year plus further meals and entertainment benefits up to $2,500
- **Employee Discount Program**: save money with employee discounts and savings at over 450 of Australia's most loved retailers and service providers including Coles, Woolworths & JB HI-FI.
- **Study Scholarship**:all genU employees are eligible for a 25% scholarship towards undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University.
- **Employee Referral Program**:Refer someone to work with us and receive a generous cash bonus once your they complete a 6 months qualifying period.