headspace Quality Officer Mental Health

About Us

Anglicare NT supports people, strengthens communities and advocates for social justice across the Northern Territory. We deliver over 90 diverse services across urban regional and remote areas of the NT. If you want to make a sustainable difference in people’s lives through strengths-based approaches and capacity building initiatives; talk to us about meaningful career opportunities.

We offer great benefits, including:

–       Further training and development options.

–       Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.

–       A strengths-based environment.

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About headspace
Our headspace services are a busy and innovative youth mental health service providing a variety of mental health, medical, sexual and other health related services as well as vocational, functional groups and social services to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families.

About the Opportunity

The headspace Quality Officer will guide and implement continuous improvement activities across our headspace services. You will manage document control processes, implement, and support accreditation and fidelity reviews and embed best practices and compliance.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Relevant qualification with minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role within a health services environment
• A proven understanding of mental health services and accreditation and fidelity measures
• Highly developed IT skills and the ability to interpret data, create reports and implement registers.
• Prior experience or, at a minimum, demonstrated commitment to working respectfully with Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse clients, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations.

Please note this is a short term (5 months) contract – 4 days per week.

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a current Northern Territory manual driver’s license.

As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to address the key selection criteria on the online application on the Anglicare NT website.

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Receiving and maintaining vaccines can reduce health risks and is one control mechanism to maintain the health and wellbeing of all employees, contractors, volunteers, visitors and the people we work with. In line with Anglicare NT’s commitment to a full life and social justice for all, it is mandatory for all Anglicare NT employees (paid and volunteer) to ensure specific vaccine schedules are current and maintained. In relation to COVID-19, this includes a primary course (dose one and two) and booster dose within one month of becoming eligible for booster dose (subject to medical exemptions).

How to Apply

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact April Nolan on (08) 8931 5999 or visit our careers page www.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers/ 

To request a full position description, please email our HR Team at hr@anglicare-nt.org.au

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so speed is key. The sooner you apply, the better!

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