Do you want to make a difference to people in crisis by supporting them to build their capacity to improve their health and wellbeing?

Are you interested in working on a new program for a leading community organisation with a great reputation for innovation and impact?

YFS is looking for a part time Mental Health Support and Advocacy Worker for our Home and Healthy program.

Home and Healthy is a Psychosocial Support Program delivered in partnership between YFS, Micah and IUIH. YFS covers the Logan and Beaudesert areas. The program supports participants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and experiencing severe mental illness with reduced psychosocial functioning.

You’ll be part of a small team providing person-centred, recovery focused, practical, flexible support. You will support participants to identify and develop recovery goals, to connect with other clinical and non-clinical services and to build their capacity for improving and maintaining their health and wellbeing. You’ll also assist participants and collaborate with housing providers to resolve tenancy issues and/or address homelessness.

About the job

• Role location: Slacks Creek, with travel across Logan and Beaudesert
• Role type: Part-time Permanent 64 hours fortnight
• Pay range: $82,306 (pro rata) with salary sacrificing available.

You will need:

• experience working with people experiencing mental illness with complex needs using recovery-orientated practice.
• demonstrated engagement and interpersonal skills, particularly with those in crisis and who are at risk of homelessness.
• knowledge of disadvantage, poverty, health inequities, mental illness, homelessness, and complexity in our community
• willingness to engage in a “whatever it takes approach” with individuals with significant needs (within service and ethical guidelines).

About you

Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related role description available from https://www.yfs.org.au/work-for-us/, ideally you will bring a client focus, resilience, flexibility, inclusiveness, a collaborative spirit, and cultural awareness.

About us

At YFS, we make a real difference to the lives of people living in Logan and surrounding areas.

We have a real commitment to seeing people thrive, including our staff. We encourage staff to bring their entire selves to work, because we know that a happy workplace thrives.

In our recent Employee Opinion Survey our staff said the best things about working at YFS are the challenging work/job satisfaction, fellow employees, teamwork, and pay and benefits.

We’re serious about your professional development. And we empower each other to make decisions and try new ways of working.

Depending on your role, we support flexible work arrangements.

We also offer great employment benefits including above-average pay rates, generous salary packaging (exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax), portable long service leave, counselling support and free parking.

To find out more about working with us, head to https://www.yfs.org.au/work-for-us/.

Interested?

Read Advice for Job Applicants and check out our Organisational Chart at https://www.yfs.org.au/application-process/.

Please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

Contact Jamila Shah on 07 3826 1500 to talk about the role.

People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community, are encouraged to apply.