Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing Coach

Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Full time, fixed term role until March 2026 across Essendon, Reservoir and St Albans sites
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach is responsible for providing flexible, intensive recovery-based support to young people who are experiencing metal health challenges. This is achieved by working collaboratively with families, clinical supports, and other internal and external service providers to ensure a holistic approach based on recovery principles and trauma-informed practice.

Staff will be required to work rostered shifts between 8am and 7pm, including some weekend work between 9 am and 5pm.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide recovery-oriented services to young people (particularly those of a more complex nature
• Provide group and individual support to young people with regards to independent living skills, recreation and social / community skills.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including family and carers, clinical and community supports (mental health, AOD, housing etc)
• Participate in the co-design, facilitation and evaluation of a range of group activities.

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or commensurate work experience in fields related to mental health, youth or health
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Full Victorian Drivers License required
• Demonstrated experience in working with young people who may have a range of complex needs relating to their mental health.
• Demonstrated experience in group facilitation.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-employment declaration form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses). Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on apply now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Olivia Bec olivia.bec@cohealth.org.au