Community Living Supports Case Worker

Are you the type of person who aims to understand and have a positive impact on people who have chronic, acute, and complex mental health experiences?

We have an opportunity for a CLS Case Worker to join our team working in the **Lismore region.**

**Benefits for you**
At Open Minds, we believe in creating a supportive and workplace culture that is dedicated to the ongoing professional development of our team. Benefits include:

- Remuneration starting at SCHADS award level 4.1 ($39.26 per hour).
- Provision of training and supervision in the evidenced based change models: Motivational interviewing and the Acceptance and Commitment Model
- Monthly team reflective practice and monthly 1 to 1 session
- Opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 of tax-free income
- Multimax Benefits scheme - savings on many products and services
- Career opportunities, including clinical roles, with Open Minds and partner agencies

**About the Role**
As a Case Worker your role is to provide direct support to individuals who are participating in the Community Living Support (CLS) program. You will ensure that the values of Open Minds and change principles from Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment models are used as the framework for service provision. The role requires active engagement with colleagues, team leaders and other providers of services to ensure effective service delivery, and the reporting of service outcomes.

**How you will make a difference**
Creating and develop relationships with clients, their family, your colleagues, and teams from other agencies
- By developing a shared understanding about your clients’ values and helping them take actions that are consistent with these
- Working with the people to promote self-resilience and independence
- Assisting people to make connection with community and local resources
- Timely and accurate communication to Team Leaders, colleagues, and partner agencies particularly relating to blocks to progress, adverse events, and any changes to risk.
- Active participation in monthly one to one, peer reflection and all reporting requirements

**Who you are**:

- Education and qualifications._
- Relevant Degree or Diploma (Mental Health, Community Sector, Case
Management, Counselling or related)
- Essential skills, experience, attitude_
- Curious, open, and self-reflective person
- Enthusiastic about learning new approaches to mental health work and willing to actively engage in continuous improvement opportunities
- Significant experience working in team base models within the health, mental health, community, or social service sector
- Strong verbal and written communication, negotiation & conflict resolution
skills and the ability to engage with people with mental health difficulties, their
families and other service providers and partner agencies.
- Capacity to work independently and collaboratively being accountable for the effective delivery of services.
- Strong understand about job and professional boundaries
- Licences/Checks_- Current Driving Licence
- Current Working with Children Check
- Current Criminal Record Check.
- Up to date COVID vaccinations

**_About Us_**
Open Minds has over 100 years of provision of service enabling an independent and positive future for people living with mental illness. and acquired brain injury related disability. Today Open Minds is recognised as a leading provider of mental health and disability support services.

**_What happens next?_**
Please ensure you attach a resume detailing why you would be a great addition to the Open Minds team If you have any further questions, please reach out to

Open Minds acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique cultural and spiritual relationship to land, water, and seas and their rich contribution to society.

**Open Minds is a registered NDIS provider. Our team works to enhance mental health and wellbeing by delivering tailored supports to people living with mental ill health, disability or acquired brain injury.