Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 6th Aug 2020
This is an opportunity you will want to be part of, as we build our prevention and recovery care (PARC) service in Mont Albert. Join our creative, motivated and focused recovery team for an opportunity to support positive experiences and outcomes for participants.
Recovery Workers are integral to the PARC program as they work closely with participants in their recovery journey whilst at PARC, both individually and with their clinical care teams, and in leading a range of groups and activities onsite. Our Recovery Workers also provide key operational support and help create innovations and improvements for the ongoing quality of the program. PARCS operate 24/7 on a rotating roster and penalty rates apply for afternoon and weekend hours. This role may require non-active sleepover shifts.
The PARC programs is collaborative services between Wellways and Eastern Health. PARC is a step up, step down short-stay residence that provides clinical and psychosocial support to participants, to prevent the need for hospitalisation or after an inpatient stay to support ongoing recovery. All our recovery services value cultural diversity, support, and create opportunities for recovery, value peer participation, and leadership and are underpinned by evidence-based best practice.
Wellways are a team of approximately 2000 staff and 150 volunteers across 93 sites providing a range of programs, services and supports to people right across Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. We remain committed to our mission, of creating inclusive communities where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential; and we are always on the look-out for like-minded people who would like to be a part of this.
To view the responsibilities and essential requirements in detail, please download a copy of the position description click apply now and enter the reference code: 5165285.
Hit the Apply Now button at the bottom of the page to submit your application. Please ensure each mandatory question is completed before uploading your documentation. For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Jo-Anne Otten, Program Manager on [email protected], using the subject line: Recovery Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs and 0488 700 531
We warmly encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and people with a lived experience of mental health and disability to apply. Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment.