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“It’s rare to meet someone that has not been touched by mental health either personally, a friend or a loved one. It’s my hope that our alliance with TIACS fosters openness and compassion for those suffering from mental illness and further removes the idea that talking about mental health at work is a taboo.”

– MIGAS Group Chief Executive Officer, David Hoey

“The work the TIACS Alliance is doing to support individuals, families and employers is incredible. As businesses if we all put our support behind the TIACS Alliance both financially and by talking with our teams, we will continue to make social change in the community”

– Key Consultation Solutions, Kathy Clarkson – Owner/WHS Consultant

“Despite the beautiful outcomes of professional landscaping, there are high pressures involved to achieve those results and we want all staff to thrive along the way. The synergies of what TIACS offered to their audience aligned with ours so it was an easy choice to support TIACS as our preferred Charity Partner.”

– Landscaping Victoria Master Landscapers, Megan Flower – CEO

“Despite the beautiful outcomes of professional landscaping, there are high pressures involved to achieve those results and we want all staff to thrive along the way. The synergies of what TIACS offered to their audience aligned with ours so it was an easy choice to support TIACS as our preferred Charity Partner.”

– Landscaping Victoria Master Landscapers, Megan Flower – CEO

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Dan Allen

TIACS CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR AND Chairperson

TIACS governance leadership
and expertise:

INDUSTRY
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY
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TIACS CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR AND Chairperson

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Heidi Trusler

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Radmila Desic

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Darius Boyd

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Dan Allen

TIACS CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR AND Chairperson

TIACS governance leadership
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INDUSTRY

Former carpenter by trade spending 11 years in the residential construction industry across NSW and QLD. After a losing a close mate to suicide in 2015, Dan along with Ed Ross decided that something has to be done at a grass roots level to change the tone of the conversation. 

Together they created TradeMutt – a social enterprise workwear brand creating funky, eye-catching garments designed to start conversations about mental health among tradies at a peer to peer level while helping to drive the much needed social and cultural shift in attitude towards mental health.

Continuing their work, Dan with Ed also created their own non-profit mental health support service TIACS (This Is A Conversation Starter). 

As TradeMutt co-founder and Chairperson of TIACS Board Dan continues his passion about using business to create solutions for social issues but when he is not doing this, he is creating problems for the people he plays against in social sport.

Team Leader

Brisbane based headquarters. Work from Home/Office model (minimum 2 days in office & min 3 evening shifts)

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TIACS IS LOOKING FOR MORE EPIC HUMANS TO JOIN OUR TEAM!


We’re all about going ‘above and beyond’ for our clients and partners and are passionate about
investing in our people and workplace culture.

We are building the most innovative social purpose counselling service in the country and are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our team.


TIACS was started by the co-founders of TradeMutt Dan Allen and Edward Ross. TradeMutt and TIACS are connected by their co-founders but serve complimentary but separate responses in changing the mental health landscape, in Australia. TradeMutt has a prevention focus as a social impact workwear brand is all about starting conversations.  That's why every shirt says This Is A Conversation Starter across the back. Because that's exactly what they're designed to do.  TIACS is a not-for-profit social purpose early intervention counselling service.  We provide free, professional, confidential and accessible counselling both over the phone and by text to tradies, truckies, farmers, blue-collar community and those who care about them.


TEAM LEADER

  • Ability to lead, guide, mentor and support our counselling team to deliver the appropriate therapeutic approaches in line with our organisational values, operating model and relevant practice and legislative standards.
  • Strong leadership and operational management skills so our counselling team feel they can achieve high quality client outcomes as well as feel supported, heard and informed.
  • Ability to champion organisational priorities in quality and practice development and strategic direction and implement practical strategies for service improvement and staff development.
  • Relevant qualifications in human services discipline (counselling, social work, psychology, etc) recognised by certified governing body (Masters and Degree level and above)
    • Part Time or Full-time position (must be able to work a minimum of 4 shifts. Evening work is required, generally between 2pm-10pm).
    • Above Award Wage and Excellent Salary Packaging Benefits
    • Brisbane based
    • Work from Home/Office model (minimum 2 days in office)

Before you apply, we encourage you to visit TIACS and TradeMutt websites and suss us out before pressing send with your resume. You’ll get a sense of what we are looking for and if your 'A' game is going to propel our mission and vision forward.


If you think "Yep that is something I want to be a part of" then send your resume to admin@tiacs.org with a short cover letter (no more than 1 page) telling us why you would be a great addition to our team.

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