**Give back to the community while expanding your knowledge**

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

**About the program**

Our Psychosocial Support Services has intentionally been developed with participants, carers and referrers to ensure timely, needs-based capacity building services which not only support mental health recovery and exit from services, but the assessment and successful navigation through to NDIS and ongoing psychosocial supports under NDIS.

Funded by Gippsland Primary Health Network, our PSS program will deliver psychosocial services through the established mental health stepped-care model.

The service will operate Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with extended hours 2 days during the week to 8.30pm and on Saturdays 9am-1pm. Wellways' PSS will include integration of intake and assessment which include the identification of participants' physical and mental health needs. With one-to-one psychosocial supports and a tailored integrated care-plan jointly developed with participants/case managers/family/carers.

**About this opportunity**

This is a wonderful part time opportunity to give back to the community, especially those who have helped establish the region as a beautiful place to live and work. This role will be responsible for providing the day-to-day intake and assessment service functions for Gippsland Region of Wellways.

**To be successful in this role, you will possess the following**:

- Minimum Diploma and/or relevant experience in Mental Health or other related discipline
- Evidence of working rights within Australia
- Satisfactory National Police Records Check (no older than 12 months) and Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Evidence of full COVID vaccination including booster, or a valid medical exemption

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact **Laura Stavrou** on **03 5671 3907**

Wellways is committed to the health and safety of its employees and participants and addressing risks of COVID-19 in the workplace. Wellways requires that all workers be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccination before commencing employment. **Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or valid medical exemption.**

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. **Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.**
- If you'd like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here _Reconciliation | Wellways