Mental Health Support Worker

3 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Ipswich Holistic Community Care Full time

Here at IHCC, we are seeking passionated and dedicated supported workers with mental health experience to provide essential care, support, and assistance to individuals with mental health disabilities to help them achieve greater independence, well-being, and community participation.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Assisting people to perform important daily activities
- Facilitating daily personal hygiene and dressing tasks, may include manual handling
- Performing home-based tasks such as food preparation and housework
- Undertaking tasks outside the home such as shopping and community access
- Ensuring varied programs of social activities
- Providing emotional support and companionship
- Incorporate Child Safe Standards in their practice when working with children and young people
- Report any real or potential risks of harm to a participant, including children and young people

**Skills**:

- Must have mental health experience
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work with various ages, cultures and ability levels
- Ability to build rapport and trust with clients.
- Strong time management and ability to prioritise.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office suite of programs and other computer systems for record-keeping.
- Excellent problem solving and conflict management skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and maintain good working relationships.

What is required:

- Current Worker Screening and WWCC, or willing to obtain
- First Aid Certificate
- Drivers License
- Reliable and comprehensively insured vehicle
- New Worker NDIS Induction Module
- Smartphone
- A formal certificate may not be required if the individual has relevant experience and skills - recommended qualifications Certificate III in Individual Support, Mental Health, Aged Care, Community Services, Disability Work or similar.

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $32.73 - $72.00 per hour

Expected hours: 8 - 38 per week

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Public holidays
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Penalty rates

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a reliable and comprehensively insured vehicle?
- Do you speak any other languages, if yes, what are they?

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (preferred)
- National Police Certificate (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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