About Stride:
We are leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.
Stride is a name that expresses our ambition – it's a purposeful name that shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.
About Our Service:
Better Connect aims to deliver comprehensive, integrated, and person-centred care across the Central Queensland, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast region. It addresses service gaps for the 'missing middle' by enhancing accessibility and integrating primary mental health care, psychosocial support, and early intervention. Through a hub and spoke model, specialised resources and coordination are centralised, while local spokes ensure community-based service delivery. This approach promotes holistic wellbeing by considering broader determinants of health, fostering collaboration among providers, and ensuring a sustainable, adaptable service responsive to community needs.
The consortium, led by EACH, includes eight partners: Central Queensland Indigenous Development, Flourish Australia, Gympie Women's Health Centre, Open Minds Australia, Queensland Injectors Health Network, REFOCUS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services, Wellways Australia, and Stride Mental Health. This diverse coalition enhances service delivery through comprehensive, community-focused care.
We offer psychological services for children and youth, focusing on early intervention and support of young people aged 5-25.
Key Benefits:
* Based in Hervey Bay, QLD (with some flexibility to work from home)
* Permanent part-time (0.8 FTE) opportunity
* Paying HPSS Level 3 plus Super
* Salary Packaging options to significantly boost your income (up to $15,899 tax free)
* Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650
* Leave loading at 17.5%
* One paid wellbeing leave day per year
* Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12 month period (pro rata entitlement for part-time)
* Paid parental leave support
* Stride Rewards – access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion, food and fitness)
* Supportive, collaborative environment with access to a team of multi-disciplinary experts
* Excellent training and career development
* Access to a pool vehicle
Job Summary:
This role contributes high-quality evidence-based clinical care as a member of the multidisciplinary consortia team delivering care coordination services for children and youth, focusing on early intervention and support of young people up to the age of 25.
Main Responsibilities:
* Address service gaps for the 'missing middle' by enhancing accessibility and integrating primary mental health care, psychosocial support, and early intervention.
* Promote holistic wellbeing by considering broader determinants of health, fostering collaboration among providers, and ensuring a sustainable, adaptable service responsive to community needs.
This is a part-time opportunity that has the flexibility to work 4 days per week, or a 9 day fortnight. While the role is primarily based at the hub in Gympie, there is also the flexibility to work from home one day per week.
Requirements:
* Must have one of the following: Full AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Nurse, General or Provisional AHPRA registration as a Psychologist/Clinical Psychologist, OR, AASW registration/eligibility as a Social Worker, OR, Level 2 ACA registration/eligibility.
* Knowledge and understanding of the theory underpinning evidence-based interventions and clinical practice as well as demonstrated excellence in the practical application of such, in the areas of mental health and alcohol and drug use.
* Highly developed communication (including written) and interpersonal skills.
* The ability to engage with people, advocate on their behalf and establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, clients, families & friends and stakeholders.
* Experience in the use of electronic client/customer management systems, ability to use a desktop computer, and experience with Microsoft Office applications.
* Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a Blue Card for paid employment.
* Must hold/be willing to apply for NDIS worker screening clearance for paid employment.
Diversity and Inclusion:
Stride is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Stride must undergo required screening processes prior to their successful appointment.
We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds to enhance the depth of cultural diversity and insight within our workforce. This includes but is not limited to people with a lived experience of mental health recovery, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.