Mental Health Support Worker. Casual

Life-Without-Barriers; Fremantle; On-site; AUD 63,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is seeking a Casual Mental Health Support Worker for our Fremantle program. You will provide psychosocial support to young people aged 17–22 who are homeless or at risk, focusing on empowerment and hope.

This casual role requires flexibility within a 24/7 roster, including day, afternoon and some night shifts. Left/right alignment across services ensures holistic care and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Mental Health or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with people who have a mental health issue.
• Experience with homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
• Ability to engage with people from diverse cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Current Driver Licence and First Aid Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Support consumers to develop their own support plans in partnership with Life Without Barriers, Community Mental Health services and carers.
• Liaise and collaborate with consumers, their community and community support agencies to ensure an integrated and timely service.
• Monitor and review consumers' progress and provide up-to-date progress reports to partner organisations.
• Understand consumer expectations.
• Coordinate the delivery of services and connect clients with referral agencies.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Crisis Support

Community Liaison

Education

Bachelor’s or Diploma in Mental Health?

Job description

Mental Health Support Worker. Casual - Fremantle

Job no: 506666
Employment type: Casual
Location: Perth
Categories: Mental Health

About the Organisation
Almost half of Australian adults will experience a mental health illness at some point in their life. You can make a meaningful difference to the Australian community by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Our mental health teams provide client-led, recovery-orientated mental health support, creating positive change in such a vital industry.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

The residential program based in Fremantle provides community-based homeless youth services to young people between 17 and 22 years of age, who show signs and symptoms of mental illness while homeless or at risk of homelessness.

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will provide psychosocial support which will focus on client determination, empowerment and hope.

This is a casual position which requires flexible and reliable staff who are able to commit to various shifts available across a 24/7 roster, including days (7:30am – 3:30pm), afternoon (2:30pm – 10:30pm) and occasional active night shifts (10pm – 8am).

Key Responsibilities

• Support consumers to develop their own support plans in partnership with Life Without Barriers, Community Mental Health services and carers
• Liaise and collaborate with consumers, their community and community support agencies such as mental health, housing and other services to ensure an integrated and timely service.
• Monitor and review consumers' progress through the service and against the case plan and provide up to date progress reports to the partner organisations.
• Seek to understand consumer's expectations.
• Sensitively ascertain information about the consumer's health, family and cultural background.
• Coordinate the delivery of services to consumers and work with the client to utilise other referral agencies and services.
• Observe and accurately record the client's behaviour, needs and interactions with others.
• Maintain accurate case notes, up to date case plans and files.
• Effectively plan and organise own work effort and regularly provide feedback to the manager on their work progress.

Skills & Experience

• Certificate IV in Mental Health (or equivalent experience)
• Experience working with people who have a mental health issue
• Previous experience working with people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Ability to positively engage and work with people who have complex needs including a psychiatric disability
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Current Driver Licence
• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Opportunity to play a real and active part in improving the lives and well-being of clients
• Casual hourly rate from $46.70 (for holders of a Cert IV in Mental Health)
• Clear shift times, all 8 hours shifts

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 4th of October