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Senior Recovery Worker - Bunbury

Richmond Wellbeing

Richmond Wellbeing is a leading mental health services provider, working with individuals on their road to recovery. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced Senior Recovery Worker to be based in Bunbury.

About the role!

The Senior Recovery Worker assists and facilitates the development of consumers’ practical living skills to enable them to maintain tenure in the community independently. This role provides an environment within the accommodation facility that enables consumers to confidently embark on a journey of recovery and to attain the kind of life they desire.

This is a part-time opportunity for 60 hours per fortnight.

Your other main responsibilities include:

  • Develop a person-centred recovery plan.
  • Develop a therapeutic relationship with the consumer, their carer, family members and significant others, whilst developing their recovery plan.
  • Provide basic person-centred 1:1 counselling to enable consumers in recovery.
  • Implement and review the recovery plan with the consumer on a weekly basis.
  • Assist Recovery Workers and Recovery Support Workers with the implementation of actions towards goals as identified on the consumer’s recovery plan.
  • Provides supervision where delegated for Support Workers
  • All documentation is completed in a timely fashion. Examples include reports to the manager, entering of data as required, documentation of consumer information.
  • Participates in a continuous process to monitor, evaluate and develop the service and performance.

Who are you!

To be successful you will have the following key attributes:

  • A tertiary qualification in social work, AOD counselling, psychology, OT, health or other relevant human services discipline
  • An in depth understanding of contemporary mental health issues and of working with the recovery process and how this interacts across sectors of community and primary health care.
  • Knowledge and practice of the principles of counselling.
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment, promoting total wellbeing and holistic health services
  • Lived experience of mental health recovery or as family members of people with a lived experience of recovery (is desirable)
  • Ability to demonstrate authenticity, genuineness and congruence, empathy, trustworthiness, curiosity and flexibility
  • Trauma informed practice skills and understanding of the impact of trauma
  • Ability to facilitate personal and emotional recovery

Why Work for Richmond Wellbeing?

Besides providing high quality training and salary packaging­ we also offer:

  • Additional leave for Birthday, Christmas and a Wellbeing day
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible and friendly team environment

If you have a positive attitude and are enthusiastic and passionate in providing excellent support to people with mental illness we want to hear from you!

To view the position description, please visit https://www.rw.org.au/join-us/.

Have questions?

Your queries can be forwarded to Human Resources at [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Recovery Worker - Bunbury enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Richmond Wellbeing reserves the right to close this position prior to the closing date.

Richmond Wellbeing welcomes and celebrates individuals from all diverse groups and backgrounds. Our workplace actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people.

Before an offer of employment can be made, Richmond Wellbeing requires a National Police Clearance not older than 6 months.

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