Mental Health Support Worker. Casual – Fremantle

Registered Charity; Perth; On-site; AUD 63,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work for Australia’s largest social‑dr

Ongoing training and career growth

Active role in improving clients' well

Casual hourly rate from $46.70

Clear shift times, all 8 hours

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is recruiting a Mental Health Support Worker for a Fremantle residential program, providing psychosocial support to homeless or at-risk youth aged 17–22 and those with mental illness.

Casual shifts 7:30am–3:30pm, 2:30pm–10:30pm, and occasional night duties; you will develop support plans, liaise with community services, and maintain records to help clients regain empowerment and hope.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Mental Health or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with people with mental health issues.
• Experience with people who are homeless or at risk.
• Ability to engage with diverse cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Current First Aid Certificate and valid Driver Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support consumers to develop their own support plans with partner services.
• Collaborate with consumers, families, and agencies to ensure integrated care.
• Monitor progress and provide up-to-date reports to partner organisations.
• Maintain accurate case notes and update case plans.
• Plan and organise own work and report progress to the manager.
• Observe and record client behaviour and needs.

Skills

Experience with mental health

Experience with homelessness

Diverse cultural backgrounds

Complex needs support

Current Driver Licence

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health (or equivalent)

Current First Aid Certificate

Job description

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

Benefits

• 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