Mental Health Worker

**Description**:

- Provide individual support to people living with mental illness - 24 hour facility
- Promote independence, development and confidence in others
- SCHADS Level 3. $34.04 - $36.50 p/h plus Super and loadings

**About You**:
Highly skilled and motivated individual to work alongside a high-performance multidisciplinary team in partnership with Alfred Mental and Addiction Health to deliver individualised psychosocial recovery orientated care. At South Yarra PARC, you will work with a team of Alfred Mental Health Nurses to provide outstanding mental health care to consumers with complex mental health care needs

**You will have**:

- Demonstrated flexibility, patience, initiative and emotional resilience
- Capability to advocate for others and build support networks
- Prior experience in mental health support or working with those who are disadvantaged in the community
- Reflective Practice led by a Senior Psychologist
- Access to Alfred Mental & Addictions Health Training Calendar

It is a requirement of this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, acquire and maintain a positive Working With Children’s Check, an NDIS Worker Screening Check and a current & valid driver’s licence.

**About the Role**:
Work in collaboration with our team of highly skilled Mental Health Workers and Clinical Multidisciplinary Team, including Psychiatrists, a Psychologist, Peer Worker, Social Worker and Nurses. We pride ourselves on a personalised approach and delivering individualised recovery orientated care. Our Mental Health Workers goal is to enable rather than do, to promote independence, development and confidence of individuals. Our success will enable them to have the voice and choice to thrive in their local communities.

**The Mental Health Key Support Worker role entails**:

- Assessments of individuals with a Mental Health Nurse to determine suitability for PARC
- Deliver evidence-based group content that is curated to the cohort of the ever-changing participant group
- Develop evidence-based care plans that are strengths-based with a holistic wellness focus
- Develop collaborative risk management and mitigation plans
- Enhancing and promoting links with natural supports in the community
- Providing accurate and timely case notes so that colleagues and stakeholders can provide a consistent experience for clients
- Empower people to make connections in the community
- Develop recovery goals, implement steps to achieve set goals
- Monitor and track the progress of goals
- Support planning and review, direct support and exit planning

While ermha365 continues to operate face-to-face services through COVID-19 we are taking appropriate actions to ensure that our staff and the people we support are as safe as possible. You will be expected to adhere to all COVID-19 standards, requirements and processes including (but not limited to) wearing appropriate PPE and regular hygiene and cleanliness practices.

What we can offer you
Ermha is an agile and innovative non-profit with a growth agenda across Australia. As an employee you will be offered:

- Opportunity to have a career that changes lives
- A supportive team environment that is engaging and inspiring
- A competitive total package including salary packaging

About ermha365
Ermha365 exists to ensure that people experiencing mental illness and cognitive disability, and their carers, can thrive in and become part of the community. We choose to work with people who have fallen through the gaps in the system and where there is no obvious support. We are often considered the provider of last resort.
We are a child safe and equal employment opportunity employer. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds are encouraged.