• Deliver outreach support to empower people experiencing mental health challenges to achieve their recovery goals and live independently
• Full-time position until 31 October 2025| Monday to Friday
• Work vehicle provided for business use
• Outreach-base role across Port Lincoln and the Eyre and Far North region

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. Operating for more than 45 years and employing more than 1,300 staff around Australia, Mind is a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients and guide recovery.

About the role

We are seeking an empathetic, self-motivated Community Mental Health Practitioner for a fixed-term, full-time opportunity until 31 October 2025, delivering outreach support across Port Lincoln and the Eyre and Far North region. In this role you will provide personalised, recovery-oriented support to people living with mental ill-health in the community. In this role, you will support people living with mental ill-health in the community to achieve their recovery goals, build confidence, strengthen social connections, and live independently. The role involves outreach support combined with administration duties that can be performed from home. A fleet car is provided for travel.

About the Service

Mind’s Outreach Psychosocial Services South Australia (OPSSA) provide person-centred, psychosocial support, including goal setting, transition planning, and assistance with application and transition to NDIS services. The services comprise a two-tiered approach to support:

• Tier 1: Intensive Crisis Support

Provide flexible, intense support and case management for a limited period (6 weeks) to reduce immediate distress, enhance personal safety, and connect clients to long-term community services.

• Tier 2: Non-acute Psychosocial Support

Offer moderate support over a four-month period (extendable to 12 months) to help clients achieve recovery goals, build daily living skills, maintain housing, and foster social connections. Assist clients with NDIS eligibility, application, and transition.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high quality outreach services, case managed responses and facilitate positive educational and social experiences.
• Plan and deliver group programs that aid clients to build their skills and focus on recovery.
• Support clients with strengths based, recovery-orientated approaches to develop daily living skills, capacity and resilience.
• Provide information and mentoring to clients to establish connections with community, families and carers, create networks and access to relevant services.
• Collaborate with a range of services, families and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client’s recovery goals.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) in Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or other health-related field.
• Expertise in working with people with mental health issues, complex needs and interacting with families and carers.
• Experience applying therapeutic approaches such as trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and family-inclusive practice.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Community Services sector and ability to build strong relationships with service providers, clinical teams and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.).
• Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Professional development through regular supervision sessions.

Interested?

To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 497905. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Monday 28 July 2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as the advertisement may close early if a suitable candidate is identified.

For more information, please contact:

Kathryn Cousins, Service Manager
[email protected]

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected]

Position Description

PD Community Mental Health Practitioner (NAPSS ICSS) 20240415.pdf

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.