Recovery Oriented Mental Health ​- Online Facilitation

Category: Education

Location:

HNO6010-Recovery Oriented Mental Health ​

As an experienced online educator (LINC Fellow), the candidate will work as an independent contractor of LINC and serve a diverse international student body for Undergraduate-level programs studying at premier Australian and Asian universities. The candidate must possess strong knowledge of mental health care and recovery-oriented practice, with expertise in consumer rights, self-determination, collaborative decision-making, and evidence-based approaches to complex mental ill-health. They should be able to support students in critically examining the mental health consumer movement, understanding the social and cultural contexts of mental illness, addressing stigma, and applying strength-based approaches while balancing consumer and carer needs, confidentiality, and privacy.

Key Skills Required

• Recovery-oriented mental health care

• Mental health consumer rights and advocacy

• Consumer movement and service delivery

• Self-determination and collaborative decision-making

• Strength-based practice

• Stigma and cultural perspectives on mental illness

• Evidence-based mental health interventions

• Complex mental ill-health support

• Confidentiality and privacy in mental health care

• Consumer and carer collaboration

Desired Candidate Profile

• Registered Nurse or Midwife (AHPRA registration) or Registered Mental Health Practising Nurse and knowledge of unit content.

• PhD and/or Master Degree in Nursing or relevant field (i.e. health-related) plus 5 years' relevant teaching, research and/or professional experience at the PG level in the last 10 years

• Full rights to work within Australia.

• An Australian Business Number or ABN as a sole trader, or of the entity that will contract with LINC.

• Empathetic, ambitious, warm and outgoing personality willing to work closely with people from diverse cultures;

• Proficient in English language; excellent oral and written communication

• Must possess a working laptop and have access to high-speed (>10 MBPS) stable internet connection;

• Ability to quickly learn and use technology platforms for interacting with students, including the host university’s LMS and LINCtrac (training on these platforms will be provided).

The candidate needs to be available between 5 pm to 10 pm every day.

Roles & Responsibilities

LINC Fellows will be responsible for providing:

1. Subject matter guidance to a group of 25-30 undergraduate online students;

2. Support in learning skills like academic writing, research and time management;

3. Conduct 1:1 sessions for doubt-resolution, academic guidance and assessment draft reviews

4. Guidance on relevant reference material;

5. Assessment marking with long-form feedback

6. Management of discussion forums; and

7. Proactive, prompt and personalised support to student queries and issues.

LINC Fellows will be expected to promptly interact with students over email, or calls / online sessions from locations of their convenience (e.g. home, office etc.).

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