Support Worker

Are you passionate about enabling people living with mental illness and disabilities the chance to create an independent and positive future?

Do you want to work in a team that lives and breathes the Open Minds values and works with integrity, curiosity, togetherness, be people centred and most importantly respect?

We have exciting opportunities to join our growing team of enthusiastic mental health and disability Support Workers working across **Redcliffe** due to new clients choosing Open Minds as their Support Network of choice.

**Benefits for you**

Here at Open Minds, we believe in creating a supportive and positive workplace culture that is dedicated to the professional development of our team.

We also offer so much more that includes the following:

- Flexible working roster.
- Opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 of tax-free income
- Access to our free counselling service
- The opportunity to support clients on the weekend and sleepover shifts

**How you will make a difference**
- By helping clients reach their goals set out in their personal support plans
- Implement planned activities that promote client independence
- Celebrate client’s achievements
- Enable connection with community resources as desired by client
- Provide domestic assistance to clients, which includes light household cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation
- Provide personal care to clients
- Schedule and assist with medical appointments
- Report client’s requirements and reinforce positive behaviour.
- You can put your hand up to support clients on night and weekend shifts if you would like.

**What makes the Redcliffe team special?**

The Redcliffe team works to ensure everyone is able to live as independently as possible and to help create a positive future for people from all works of life. The Care Leaders at Redcliffe work to support their Support Workers through regular supervision, a thorough onboarding process and offer motivation, support, learning, free-spirited innovation, and creativity to ensure you thrive at Open Minds. You are invited to work in clients lives and be supported through any situation that occurs. We have an established team of strong support workers who have the ability to train, up skill and support. If you are looking for a team environment who provides you with work life balance, set rosters, regular contact with leaders we are the place for you.

**What you need to get started**:

- Up to date COVID vaccination
- NDIS Workers Screening Clearance and Blue Card

**About Us**

Here at Open Minds, our purpose is to enable an independent and positive future for all people living with mental illness and acquired brain injury related disability. Originally founded in 1912 as the Queensland Wattle Day League, we have a deep and proud history in providing positive health and well being services across Queensland and New South Wales. Today Open Minds is recognised as a leading provider of mental health and disability support services.

Open Minds is a registered NDIS provider with more than 500 employees across 35 locations. We are seeking passionate and talented individuals aligned to our values to help us deliver on our purpose.

**What happens next?**
- 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.