Mental Health Education Officer

New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association

Since 1965, New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association is dedicated to recovery-oriented, people-focused and evidence-based community mental health service development. The Association, with a team of over 1,000 staff members, operates more than 70 service units and projects to render residential services, employment and vocational training, community support for 18,000 people in recovery with mental illness (PIR) and their families, as well as provide mental health education to 78,000 general public annually. As a result of our passionate belief in social inclusion and self-reliance for PIR , we have established different social enterprises with over 20 projects operating currently promoted the well-being message under the brand “330”, which in Cantonese carries the homophonous meaning “body, mind and spirit” – the balance of which we all strive to attain.

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LevelMind-JC Trust-initiated Project Online-offline School-Community Integrated Model for Youth Mental Wellness - LevelMind-JC at Schools

Responsibilities:

• To assist in developing, translating or adapting protocols for self-management training on mental wellness for secondary school students;
• To co-facilitate training sessions for a group of social workers, teachers, or youth with lived experience to deliver the self-management training protocols to secondary school students;
• To provide training and support to secondary school students to enhance their knowledge and skills in self-management for mental wellness;
• To assist in coordinating logistics for mental health education and promotion activities, as well as training workshops throughout the project;
• To follow up with students in a timely manner and encourage them to apply their learning in their daily practice;
• To perform other assigned ad hoc tasks under the supervision of a supervisor.

Requirements:

• Associate degree or above in Psychology, Counselling, Social Science, or other related disciplines;
• 1-2 years of work experience would be advantageous;
• Knowledge and experience in well-being tools (e.g. WRAP, 5 ways to well-being, Mindfulness, etc. is an advantage);
• Possesses good command of spoken and written English and Chinese;
• Proficient in PC skills and MS Office;
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Willing to share a personal lived experience with the public;
• Detail-oriented, hardworking, and able to work independently and under pressure.

Applicants are invited to forward a cover letter and a resume to the Human Resources Department, New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, 332 Nam Cheong Street, Kowloon by post, by fax or by email [email redacted, apply via Company website]. 

Personal data provided by applicants will strictly be used for recruitment purpose.

New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association is an equal opportunity employer.

Prospective employees are requested to undergo Sexual Conviction Record Check.