Mental Health Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Serenity Home and Community Care Full time

We’re looking for a great **Male Support Worker** to assist participants on **weekdays**. You’ll support our clients by engaging in capacity building and goal-driven activities to optimise their mental health and wellbeing.
- Experience working with people with a psychosocial disability (ID, ASD, BPD, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, depression).
- Able to travel within Melbourne’s northern suburbs

**Key Skills and Qualities**:

- **Empathy and Compassion**: A genuine understanding and sensitivity towards the needs of individuals with disabilities, building a trusting, supportive environment.
- **Effective Communication**:Skilled in clear and adaptive communication, both verbal and non-verbal, to meet individual client needs.
- **Active Listening**: Demonstrates patience and respect, ensuring each client feels heard and understood.
- **Patience and Resilience**:Consistent and dependable in providing support, even during challenging situations.
- **Team Collaboration**: Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary team and coordinating care with families, advocates, and other professionals.
- **Adaptability and Problem-Solving**: Flexible and resourceful, able to adjust support plans as required and find creative solutions to meet clients' needs.
- **Independence and Initiative**: Ability to work autonomously while making sound decisions in the best interest of the client.

**Why join Serenity Home and Community Care?**

We value our support care workers and are dedicated to fostering your professional growth and work-life balance. Here’s what we offer:

- **Professional Development & Training**: Ongoing training, support, and supervision to equip you with the skills you need to excel and grow in your role.
- **Flexible Scheduling Options**:Choose from morning, afternoon, or evening shifts, each starting at a minimum of 4 hours. We also engage our team in the client-matching process, so you can work with clients who best match your skills, preferences, and location.
- **Supportive Work Environment**: Be part of a team that values collaboration, open communication, and includes you in key decisions.
- **Opportunities for Growth**:Thrive in a role that makes a positive impact in the community and take advantage of pathways for personal and professional advancement within Serenity Home Care.

**Company Overview**:
At Serenity Home Care, we pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive and compassionate approach to support services, specializing in:

- Life Stage Transition
- Assistance with Personal Activities
- Skills Development
- Innovative Community Participation

Our team shares a commitment to flexible, person-centered care that empowers individuals with disabilities. Our approach ensures high client satisfaction and safety, reinforced by global best practices and robust safeguard policies.

**Vision** ** **
- Thriving Together in Compassion and Innovation.  _

At Serenity Home Care, our vision is to be the foundation of support for individuals with a disability in the community. We cultivate a space where compassion, dignity, creativity and innovation meet, allowing individuals to excel and flourish. Committed to enhancing quality of life, we help clients reach their full potential and to achieve successful outcomes. We promote optimal health and wellbeing and foster collaboration among participants, healthcare providers, families, advocates, and stakeholders to support goal attainment. 

**Mission**
- Dedicated to Quality, Committed to Care. _

At Serenity Home Care, we are dedicated to delivering high-quality, customised support to our community. Our aim is to work in unison with each individual to enhance their daily life and overall experiences. We strive to promote independence, capacity and inclusion, ensuring our services are responsive and tailored to full fill said objectives.

Our dedicated Care Team forms a supportive family environment, offering a network of engaged support for every client.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $24.06 - $42.55 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Fixed shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call

**Experience**:

- working with people with a psychosocial disability: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (HLTAID011 or HLTAID012) (required)
- Working with Children Check (required)
- Cert III in Individual Support: Disability & Personal Care (required)
- Driver License (required)
- Cert IV in Mental Health (preferred)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (HLTAID001) (required)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance (required)
- Vehicle with Comprehensive Car Insurance (required)
- COVID-19 vaccinations (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Expected Start Date: 22/11/2024

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