Community Mental Health Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Caringbah, Australia Infinity Care Full time

**Exciting opportunity for a Casual Mental Health Support Worker to join our Sutherland Shire team**

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you see the difference you are making? Do you want to make a positive impact on others while empowering people in the community to live life the way they choose? Infinity Care is looking for multiple experienced mental health support workers to provide support services to assist in maintaining their independence at home. As a support worker, you will deliver a range of services to the client including social support, respite care, domestic assistance, shopping, escorted appointments and basic personal care.

**About Us**

Infinity Care provides a range of disability support services and is committed to providing a level of care that our participants would receive from a family member or a close friend. We provide pathways for people with a disability into a life of independence, choice, and control. We have an innovative and supportive culture, guided by our values of Integrity, Compassion, and Positivity. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness.

**What's in it for you?**
- Competitive pay rates - above the award plus penalty rates
- Flexibility and option to choose your hours to encourage a healthy work-life balance
- Supportive office team who will always guide you all the way
- Employee Mentoring Program - Training opportunities to set you up for success
- Working with regular clients for a more stable, ongoing shifts
- Travel reimbursement

**About the role**
- **This role involves supporting adults with severe and persistent mental illness**:

- Build and maintain positive relationships with clients, their families, and other staff
- Provide quality in home and community support to our participants through meaningful activities
- Promoting participants choice and control in their daily activities
- Provide mobility assistance by lifting, transferring and hoisting clients
- Providing personal care with dignity such as grooming, dressing, showering etc.
- Record-keeping and documenting the changing needs of clients
- Following care plans to support participants live more independently
- Driving participants to community events, family visits, doctor’s appointment, shopping etc.
- Assisting our participants in achieving their goals in line of their NDIS plans

**Our requirements**:

- **At least 1 year proven experience working with clients with complex and challenging behaviours.**:

- **Experience working with clients with mental health conditions**:

- **Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate III/IV in Aged Care or Individual Support or an equivalent qualification.**:

- Understanding of issues and concerns affecting mental health consumers with a working knowledge of and commitment to consumers rights and responsibilities.
- Knowledge and experience with the Disability Services Act, policies and procedures and Quality and Safeguards Commission.
- Unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence
- Commitment to work flexible hours
- Willingness to obtain the required compliance checks
- First Aid Training
- Comfortable reporting using digital platforms
- A good understanding of person-centred support
- Be comfortable supporting clients with intellectual/physical disabilities, high medical needs, or mental health conditions

How to Apply:
**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $30.00 - $54.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Flexible hours
- Morning shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Penalty rates

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sutherland NSW: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a car and comprehensive insurance?
- Are you willing to travel to Redfern for work?
- Tell us about your experience working with clients with mental health conditions with challenging behaviours.

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- National Police Certificate (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

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