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A Journey Coordinator walks side-by-side with clients. They emphasise early intervention for people to access support through a “stepped care” model without the need for a referral or lengthy assessment and supporting you as you move through mental health and wellbeing services.

Their goal is to help you stay connected, informed, and in control of your own recovery. They bridge the gap between systems and people, ensuring that recovery feels person-led, coordinated, and achievable.

Sometimes life and services can feel confusing or overwhelming.

A Journey Coordinator is someone who works alongside you to help you:

• Make sense of what is happening
• Decide what is important to you
• Figure out where to begin
• Help you break things down into clear and manageable steps
• Help you find and connect with services if needed.

They do not take over or make decisions for you. They support you to make your own choices.

What could this look like in practical terms?

Navigation and Advocacy – Journey Coordinators help you find your way through complicated systems like public mental health, the NDIS, housing, employment, or community services. They can:

• Help explain forms, funding, and care plans
• Make sure your needs and preferences are heard when working with different services

Goal Setting and Action Planning – They support you to:

• Explore what matters most to you — your values, strengths, hopes, and goals.
• Turn your goals into clear, practical steps.
• Track your progress and celebrate milestones along the way.

Skill Building and Confidence – Journey Coordinators help you build everyday skills that support your wellbeing, such as:

• Communication and speaking up for yourself.
• Managing routines, appointments, and responsibilities.
• Building friendships, social networks, and a sense of belonging in your community.

Crisis and Transition Support – While they aren’t crisis responders, they can:

• Help create wellness or safety plans.
• Support you during big changes (for example, after leaving hospital or moving between services).
• Stay connected with you during stressful or uncertain periods.

Collaboration and Care Coordination – They act as a link between all the people involved in your care. This may include:

• Sharing relevant updates — with your consent — across your clinical, community, or support teams.
• Helping all your supports work together to stay aligned with your goals.

Education and Empowerment – Journey Coordinators can also provide or connect you with helpful information and tools to better understand mental health, wellbeing, and recovery.

No, Journey Coordinators don’t diagnose mental health conditions or provide counselling. Instead, they help you make sense of your experiences, set goals, and find the right services to support your recovery. They focus on everyday, practical support that helps you apply what you learn in therapy and stay connected to the right mix of services.

Clinicians – like psychologists or mental health nurses – focus on assessment, diagnosis, and therapy.
For example: a clinician might help you develop coping strategies for anxiety, while your Journey Coordinator might help you use those strategies in real life, build healthy routines, and connect with community groups or housing, financial, or employment supports.

Not all Journey Coordinators have a lived experience, but many do. Those with lived experience draw on their own recovery journey and understanding of the mental health system to build trust and empathy. Others bring professional experience from related fields. Every Journey Coordinator works from a person-led, strengths-based, and recovery focused approach designed to empower you to take the lead in your care.

Yes. The Journey Coordinator service is flexible:

• You can choose to work only with a Journey Coordinator,
• You might work with one while you’re waiting for other services,
• Or you can work with a Journey Coordinator at the same time as your psychologist, counsellor, or other MyndKind supports to keep your care connected and holistic.

This flexibility means you can be supported and keep moving forward at every stage of your journey, even when other services aren’t immediately available.

A stepped care approach aims to provide a continuum of primary mental health service, which ensures a range of choices are available to community members.

Services within the stepped care model step people up to more intensive services and supports, or down to less intensive services and supports, as their needs change during their mental health journey.