Manager - Community Mental Health

About the Opportunity

Looking for a role where you can help develop evidence informed approaches to ensuring young people experiencing homelessness and mental ill health don’t fall through the gap of service provision? Working and leading a team that thrives on challenges, this role is covering a parental leave and is offered initially as a maximum term contract until the 30th of June 2026, with the likelihood of a further 6 months extension covering.
Frontyard Youth Services is a specialist youth service providing a range of multidisciplinary programs to meet the holistic needs of young people aged between 12 and 25 years who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Frontyard aims to support young people to meet their physical, emotional, and social needs and to develop pathways out of homelessness. Many of the services at Frontyard work with young people across greater Melbourne and throughout Victoria.

The Check-In Program aims to:

• Provide early and crisis intervention mental health services to young people aged 12-25 years presenting with complex mental health issues.
• Develop and maintain partnerships and working relationships with service providers to facilitate referrals with more appropriate services.
• Contribute to evidence informed approaches to supporting young people with, or at risk of, severe mental illness.

About you

We are looking for someone who can:

• be a lead driver of the ongoing development, implementation, coordination, ongoing evaluation, and adjustments to the program to create best practice support and intervention for young people experiencing homelessness and mental ill health.
• drive service innovation and best practice in ensuring no young people, regardless of complexity, falls through the gap of mental health service provision.

A full Position Description is attached below. 

Benefits of working with MCM include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

Essential:

• Minimum Bachelor qualification in human services or an allied health discipline, including social work, occupational therapy, psychology, with membership with the appropriate professional body.
• Significant experience in project development, innovative and flexible service responses and managing and supporting staff within new programs.
• Strong networking and collaborative working skills.
• A comprehensive understanding of practice approaches when working with young people who are experiencing homelessness, and mental ill health and the relevant youth service systems.
• A comprehensive understanding of trauma informed practice and the necessary skills to engage young people with multiple and complex needs.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating support and developing care coordination plans, and an understanding of mental health and safety plans.

Screening Criteria:

• National Police check
• Working with Children check and NDIS Worker Screening check or ability to obtain
• Valid Victorian Driver's license
• Right to Work in Australia

Applications for this role will close on 7th November 2025/or Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early.  Please include your current resume and cover letter.
Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.  If you have any needs throughout the recruitment process that have not already been catered for, we encourage you to contact recruitment@mcm.org.au to let us know how we can better support you to apply.

About MCM

MCM is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to safety. MCM embraces differences because we know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain talented people. 
We are a leading not-for profit-for-purpose organisation that offer a broad range of services in Disability, Homelessness, Palliative Care and Education.

Our commitment to Safety

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

Our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Equity of Access

At MCM we embrace our differences because we know that diversity helps us to innovate and make the biggest impact possible. Our DEI Strategy supports and drives an inclusive workplace culture. We embrace the learning opportunities that come with authentic commitment to equity of access for all. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.