Mental Health Support Specialist

4 days ago


City of Greater Geelong, Australia Mind Australia Limited Full time
About the Role
Mind Australia Limited is seeking a compassionate Mental Health Support Worker for casual opportunities to work on a 24/7 rotating roster within the Haven property in Colac. The successful applicant will play an integral role providing positive person-centred, recovery-oriented supports to clients to achieve their wellbeing goals, develop capacity and life skills, strengthen social connections, enhance support networks, and grow confidence to live independently.

The Housing with Support residential service is a long-term integrated social housing program for people living with severe and enduring psychosocial disability. Our team works collaboratively with clients providing personalised 1:1 support, shared supports, and group activities based on strengths and goals identified in an individual's recovery plan to build daily living skills, strengthen relationships with families and carers, enhance social connections, and community networks, and grow confidence and capacity to live safely in the community.

We are looking for a skilled and dedicated professional who can deliver high-quality services and facilitate positive educational and social experiences. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for supporting clients to return to their community, live independently, and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery. You will also collaborate with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client's recovery goals.

Key responsibilities include delivering high quality services and facilitating positive educational and social experiences, supporting clients to return to their community, live independently, and enjoy a meaningful life through a staged approach to recovery, working as part of a multidisciplinary team offering specialised psychosocial support, planning and delivering group programs that aid clients to build their skills and focus on recovery, collaborating with a range of services and the community to ensure a co-ordinated, integrated response to client's recovery goals, and assisting clients with personal care tasks where required.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages, and backgrounds. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional support services and making a positive impact in the lives of our clients, we would love to hear from you.

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