Empowering Support Worker: 1:1 Care & Community Engagement

Together for Mental Wellbeing; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Together for Mental Wellbeing is seeking a dedicated support worker to establish trust with service users, help set goals, manage tenancies and move-ons, and work flexibly in homes and community settings.

You will conduct assessments, coordinate with other agencies, carry out risk assessments, attend reviews, and support individuals in daily tasks, personal care, and appointments, following infection control and Together procedures.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships of trust with service users, to build engagement
• Help service users to set, prioritise and achieve goals, managing their tenancies and move-ons
• Work flexibly with service users in their homes and in the community
• Carry out assessments and determine urgency of service user needs
• Work with professionals from other agencies, and make onward referrals, linking service users into community opportunities
• Carry out risk assessments, in order to keep service users safe and improve the quality of our support
• Attend placement reviews
• Work with service users on a 1:1 basis and in groups
• Assist service users to; deal with financial issues and navigate the benefits and education systems; manage friendships and family relationships; manage their medication, in accordance with Together procedures
• Accompany service users to appointments
• Assist service users to undertake domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning, ensuring adherence to infection control (training provided)
• Assist service users with personal care as and when required
• Adhere to the Together policy on lone working
• Make timely records which are concise, accurate, written for the service user to understand, using Together computer-based systems
• Write clear word processed and handwritten reports (training provided) and records in English
• Participate in mandatory and job-related courses and learning activities
• Maintain professional boundaries in all aspects of work with service users

Job description

Together for Mental Wellbeing is seeking a dedicated support worker to establish trust with service users, help set goals, manage tenancies and move-ons, and work flexibly in homes and community settings.

You will conduct assessments, coordinate with other agencies, carry out risk assessments, attend reviews, and support individuals in daily tasks, personal care, and appointments, following infection control and Together procedures.