“Full citizenship for all people living with a mental illness in Australian society”

• Be a part of an exciting homelessness service!
• Casual Employment
• Community Rehabilitation Support Worker (CRSW) OR
• Part Time Peer Support Worker (PSW)
• $67,330 - $72,196 p.a (pro rata) + super + salary packaging + benefits
• Towards Home+ service based in Geelong

Seeking a passionate support worker to join the Towards Home+ team in providing rehabilitation and support to consumers who have experienced homelessness

About the Role

Towards Home+ as part of the Victorian Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan (2018), has the following suite of services:

• Assertive outreach team with flexible brokerage
• Supportive housing team

As a Community Rehabilitation and Support Worker (CRSW), you will provide assertive outreach support to people who are homeless and sleeping rough. This includes intensive, flexible, responsive, client focussed support with the aim of assisting clients to successfully sustain housing, improve physical and mental health and develop connections within the local community.

The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will have a lived experience of homelessness and will play a key role in the Assertive Outreach Team. The Peer Support Worker will draw on their lived experience in having been homeless and will use this lived experience in promoting the service, offering hope, building rapid rapport and in identifying and managing risk. This position is part of the Towards Home + Team a joint initiative led by Neami and partnered with Launch Housing, Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, Uniting Care ReGen, Bolton Clarke and Melbourne City Mission. Rostered to weekday morning and afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 8.00am-8.00pm- late shifts may be required.

Core duties

• Lived experience of homelessness and demonstrated experience of recovery (if applying for the PSW role)
• Engage consumers and develop trusting and professional relationships
• Intensive case management support to people sleeping rough
• Intensive assistance to access accommodation
• Intensive post-settlement support
• Referral and linkage to relevant support services
• Secondary Consultation
• Collect, collate and maintain data on consumer contact

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience in working with people with a psychiatric disability and complex presentations
• Extensive experience in working with homelessness
• A clear ability to work within and to develop strong collaborative relationships
• Extensive experience and the ability to engage consumers and carers in a positive manner
• The ability to set and maintain clear professional boundaries
• A commitment to consumers’ rights and to consumers’ active participation in planning their service
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of the recovery model
• Computer skills

Mandatory requirements:

• Neami National will require, as part of our condition of employment, that all candidates applying for any position must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (or have received two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine and have a scheduled appointment to receive their third dose.)
• Candidates will be required to provide appropriate evidence of COVID-19 vaccination to Neami National.

• Police check (refer to PD) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check
• Australian Working Rights
• Drivers licence
• Fully Insured and Registered vehicle ready for work use (if required)

About Neami National

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

In our most recent Staff Engagement Survey, 89% of our Staff recommend Neami as a great place to work, with 87% of staff proud to say they work for Neami.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities as the Traditional Custodians of the land we work on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise that their sovereignty was never ceded. Neami National is committed to cultivating inclusive environments for staff, consumers and carers. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We are an environmentally conscious organisation.

Incentives include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Induction and extensive Learning and Development Program
• Regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the Community Rehabilitation Support Worker (CRSW) Position Description and Peer Support Worker (PSW) Position Description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description’s, please contact:

Name: Alastair Vick, Service Manager Towards Home Plus - 0477 950 292

Email: [email protected] using the subject line: Community Rehabilitation Support Worker / Peer Support Worker - Towards Home+ Geelong enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We celebrate multidisciplinary teams and value the rich skills and experiences brought by applicants from a range of sectors and professional backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.