Community Rehabilitation Worker

**SA Health**

**Job reference**: 835102

**Location**: 5031 - MILE END

**Job status**: Ongoing

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Central Adelaide Local Health Network**:

- **Mental Health Services, Mile End**:

- **Salary OPS-2 $56,987 - $61,301**:

- **Permanent full-time and part-time positions**

**About the role**

Elpida House is a service that aims to empower individuals with mental health difficulties to develop independent living skills, re-establish routine, re-engage with their strengths and interests and re-integrate in a meaningful way in their communities. These individuals participate in a period of intensive rehabilitation tailored to their specific goals, supported by a multi-disciplinary team of allied health, mental health nursing, peer specialists and community rehabilitation workers.

The Community Rehabilitation Worker (CRW) will support residents in their goals of rehabilitation and recovery through the provision of direct support for day to day tasks. As a member of the CRC team, the CRW will work across a range of environments including the Centre and larger community to assist and support the development of the resident’s rehabilitation in partnership with their existing formal and informal networks.

The CRW works under the general direction of the clinical staff to provide a range of non-clinical and psychosocial rehabilitation support, in conjunction with those services provided by the professional/clinical on-site team. Tasks and duties performed will be of a practical nature, supporting a resident’s accomplishment of their stated goals and facilitate improved functioning and community tenure.

**Qualifications**

Certificate IV Mental Health (Non-Clinical) or working towards completion **OR**

Enrolled in an undergraduate course in a relevant health discipline

**About CALHN**

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

**What we offer**
- Attractive salary packaging available
- 17.5 per cent Leave loading applied to your annual leave
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
- Working with Children Check
- Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Job ref: 835102**

**Enquiries to**:
Krystina Micke Telephone: 0434 077 727

**Application Closing Date**

11:55 pm Friday 28 July 2023

**Attachments**

835102 RD Community Rehabilitation Worker - Elpida House.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.