Join our Mental Health Services Team.

• Permanent part time role - 0.6 FTE
• Located at Coburg
• SCHADS Level 4 + salary packaging

Your New role

The Consumer Partnerships Coordinator supports people with lived experience of Uniting services (“Consumer Partners”) to safely and confidently contribute their insights to improve services. The role builds strong relationships and provides facilitation, training and coaching to enable meaningful participation in areas such as service planning, design, delivery, evaluation and quality improvement.

Working within established frameworks and alongside the Senior Lead, the Coordinator helps embed high-quality partnership practices and supports shared decision-making between Consumer Partners and staff, ensuring lived experience meaningfully informs governance, policy and service development.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to a salary equivalent to SCHADS Level 4 + super, you can access the following.

• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave
• Ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits which can be used for living expenses such as rent, groceries, bills, clothing, and much more
• 10% discount for eligible employees on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or centre
• A great location in Coburg, close to public transport
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow

Your skills and experience

You will hold a tertiary qualification in a health or welfare related discipline. You will also bring with you:

• Desirable: Qualification (completed or in progress) in Community Development, Community Services, Social Work, AOD, Mental Health, Peer Work or related field.
• Highly regarded: (Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work , Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs, Certificate IV (or higher) in Community Services).
• Equivalent skills through lived/living experience, peer work or community leadership will be considered.
• Lived or living experience of AOD, mental health and/or community services and willingness to draw on this experience safely.
• Understanding of recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and person-centred practice.
• Experience contributing to service improvement (e.g. co-design, feedback, advocacy or advisory groups).
• Commitment to inclusive practice and basic proficiency in Microsoft Office and Teams.

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.  

For any questions, please reach out to Duran Keeley, Senior Lead, Consumer Partnerships on duran.keeley@vt.uniting.org for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.