• Assist people who experience mental illness on their recovery journey
• Work for one of Australia's largest Social Purpose organisations
• Located in Salisbury
• Part Time, 12 months max term

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 6,100 employees working in more than 440 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.   

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 Mental Health Team is recruiting for a Community Rehabilitation Support Worker to join the team at our office located in Salisbury. This is a part time role (30 hours per week), for a contracted term to 30th June 2019.

The successful candidate will deliver flexible psychosocial rehabilitation and support services to adults who are consumers of mental health services to enhance both life skills and citizenship. Services are delivered in partnership with the public mental health system and within the framework of recovery. Support services comprise of home based outreach and connection of consumers with their local community. The key program focus is the enhancement of life skills. Services are across 7 days and may involve rostering arrangements.

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. 

Skills & Experience

• Minimum Cert IV in Mental Health;
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds with specific reference to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
• Demonstrated ability to positively engage, interact and work with people who have complex needs including a Psychiatric disability;
• Possess a comprehensive knowledge of the issues faced by people with mental health issues;
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the Recovery Framework and the underlying principles;
• Current Senior First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain in first three (3) months of employment; 
• Current Driver Licence. 

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Great tax benefits
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities
• Work with a team passionate about making positive changes to people’s lives