Bicultural Mental Health Project Officer/Groupworker (Ukrainian Community)
“STARTTS is a not-for-profit Affiliated Health Organisation focused on providing a broad range of services to refugees in NSW. The focus of STARTTS approach is on building capacity and empowering people and communities to take control over their own lives, using a strengths-based approach and building on individual, family, community and cultural strengths.”
This position will be working within STARTTS Community Development Team to work with support structures in the Ukrainian community members in North Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) to increase the capacity of community leaders, volunteers, peer educators and community support structures to identify and support people at risk of suicide or serious mental health illness and make appropriate referrals. The position will deliver psycho-education and lifestyle/well-being group interventions to enable Ukrainian community members better identify signs of distress in themselves and develop appropriate coping strategies, develop mutually supportive relationships, break social isolation, reduce stigma associated with seeking mental health assistance, increase knowledge and access to a variety of mental health services.