Mentor (Support Worker)

Australian Mentoring Services; Picton; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

SCHADS pay

Part-time stability

Training & reviews

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Australian Mentoring Services (AMS) is recruiting permanent part-time Mentors to support participants across the Macarthur region and Greater Sydney. The role involves mentoring people in their homes and community, helping them to develop daily living skills, build confidence, and pursue personal goals with dignity and respect.

You’ll implement support plans, assist with personal care when needed, and contribute to data collection and shift handovers.

Qualifications

• NDIS Worker Check and NSW Working with Children Check.
• NSW Driver’s Licence (P2 or Full) and access to a comprehensively insured car.
• A current First Aid & CPR Certificate.
• We offer a minimum of 32 hours per fortnight, and our standard shifts are as follows:

Responsibilities

• Support participants in their homes and in the community to: develop daily living skills, build confidence, form social connections, access education and employment opportunities, and build healthy routines.
• Implement Individual Support Plans and Behaviour Support Plans, including medication and mealtime plans; write shift notes and participate in handovers.
• Work independently and as part of a team, respecting people’s rights, choices and goals.

Job description

Become a Mentor with Australian Mentoring Services (AMS)

You might know this role as a Support Worker. At AMS, we call our people Mentors, because the role is about so much more than providing support. It’s about empowering people, building confidence, developing skills, creating opportunities and helping someone live a life worth living.

We are an established, NDIS-registered provider of Supported Independent Living (SIL) and Community Participation Support. We support people with psychosocial, neurodevelopmental (including Autism Spectrum Disorder), cognitive and intellectual disability. We’re now recruiting Permanent Part-Time Mentors across our Macarthur region and part of Greater Sydney.

What does being a Mentor mean?

It means getting to know the person, understanding what matters to them and supporting them to work towards their own goals. You’re not there to do everything for someone. You’re there to help them discover what they can do. Sometimes the biggest wins are the little ones.

As a Mentor, you will support participants in their homes and in the community to:

• Develop daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, meal planning and budgeting
• Build confidence and work towards personal goals and greater independence
• Make social connections, reconnect with family and culture, and take part in community life
• Access education, employment and other opportunities
• Build positive routines and healthy relationships

Day to day, you will also:

• Implement Individual Support Plans and Behaviour Support Plans, including medication and mealtime plans
• Provide personal care where required, always with dignity and respect for each person’s preferences
• Write shift notes, collect data, complete incident reports and take part in shift handovers
• Work independently and as part of a team, always respecting people’s rights, choices and goals

Who you are

• Someone who builds genuine, respectful relationships
• Patient, empathetic and non-judgemental, and able to see the person, not just the disability
• Comfortable supporting people with complex needs or behaviours
• Reliable, resilient and able to think on your feet
• Keen to learn and grow alongside the people you support

Experience in disability, mental health, psychosocial support, youth work or community services is highly regarded. Just as important to us is who you are and why you want to do this work.

What you’ll need

• NDIS Worker Check and NSW Working with Children Check
• NSW Driver’s Licence (P2 or Full) and access to a comprehensively insured car
• A current First Aid & CPR Certificate
• We offer a minimum of 32 hours per fortnight, and our standard shifts are as follows:

• Morning shift: 6:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Afternoon shift: 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Overnight shift: 10:00 pm – 6:00 am

What you’ll get

• Pay under the SCHADS Award, including penalty rates and loadings.
• Permanent part-time hours, with a clear contracted roster
• Support and development sessions every 6 weeks, annual performance reviews and ongoing training
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A supportive team built on Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence and Transparency, with a Team Leader to guide you

Come and meet us

Recruitment is a two-way conversation. Interviews are held face to face at our Head Office in Campbelltown, where you can meet the team, learn about AMS and ask us anything.

AMS encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people with lived experience of mental health conditions.