Flexible Casual Educator – Shape Young Minds

Goodstart Early Learning; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 50,000 - 54,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging up to $18,500pa

Fitness Passport

U Rewards – discounts

4 Me Days

4 CPD Days

Job summary

Uniting NSW.ACT is seeking a Mental Health Support Worker to join the Family & Carer Mental Health Program at Penrith with community outreach. You’ll provide practical and emotional support to families and carers, helping them build confidence and wellbeing.

Employment is part-time (3 days a week, Mon-Wed), 8am–4pm, SCHADS Level 2, with salary packaging benefits and a supportive, diverse workplace that values recovery-oriented practice and carer-centred outcomes.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Community Services, Mental Health, or equivalent and relevant to the field.
• Understanding of carers’ experiences and challenges.
• Experience providing individual advocacy for families and carers.
• Ability to facilitate support groups for families and carers.
• Understanding of Recovery Oriented Practice principles.
• Ability to develop individual support plans with carers to reach goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; valid driver’s licence.
• Experience with the Outcomes Star is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual support, advocacy, education and training to families and carers.
• Facilitate carer support groups and develop individual support plans.
• Support carers to build resilience and coping skills within a recovery-oriented framework.

Skills

Excellent communication

Advocacy

Group facilitation

Recovery-oriented practice

Client support planning

Education

Certificate IV in Community Services, Mental Health, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outcomes Star

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• Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
• Access to Fitness Passport – Live your best life.
• A supportive and inclusive, and collaborative work environment
• A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career
• Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate III/IV in Aged Care or Individual Support or an equivalent qualification. If you’re not currently qualified and would like to be, then we can help you get there.
• You’ll have previous experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin your career in aged care if you’re studying or have recently become qualified.
• You’ll be adaptable, empathetic and resourceful, and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.

About Uniting

Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Empowered by diversity

At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.

Mental Health Support Worker - Family & Carer Mental Health Program

Mental Health Support Worker – Family & Carer Mental Health Program

Support families and carers to build confidence, resilience and wellbeing.

Join Uniting’s Family & Carer Mental Health Program and provide practical and emotional support to families and carers of people experiencing mental health challenges. You’ll help carers build their skills, confidence and capacity while supporting their own wellbeing and strengthening their relationships with their loved ones.

About the role

Employment Type: Part - time (3 days a week, Monday to Wednesday)

Location : Penrith, with community outreach

Roster : Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm

Classification : SCHADS Level 2 $36.22 - $39.53 per hour plus generous salary packaging benefits

Role Overview

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you’ll provide individual support, advocacy, education and training to families and carers. You’ll also facilitate carer support groups and develop individual support plans that help carers achieve their goals.

Working within a recovery-oriented and person-centred approach, you’ll support carers to build resilience, strengthen coping skills and develop the confidence to support their loved ones.

About you

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• Certificate IV in Community Services, Mental Health, or equivalent and relevant to the field of work.
• Understanding of experiences, needs and challenges of carers of people with mental illness
• Experience providing individual advocacy for families and carers of people with a mental illness.
• Ability to facilitate support groups for families and carers.
• Understanding and application of the principles of Recovery Oriented Practice.
• Demonstrated ability to develop individual support plans with carers, with a focus on supporting the carer to reach their goals.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Experience in the Microsoft Package
• Valid Driver’s Licence
• Experience in the using the Outcomes Star
• Salary Packaging upto $18,500pa – increase your take-home pay
• Fitness Passport – support for your wellbeing
• U Rewards – discounts from top retailers
• 4 Me Days – additional paid leave each year (pro rata)
• 4 CPD Days per calendar year (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Ongoing Training – dedicated professional development days, cultural awareness, and more
• Career Development – supportive environment within a large organisation

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks.

Should you have any questions, please contact Pallavi Bhatia from Uniting’s Talent Acquisition Team on

About Uniting

Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Empowered by diversity

At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.

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