Mental Health Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Penrith, Australia Uniting Full time

**About the role**:
This is a full-time permanent opportunity of 38 hours per week, located in Penrith. Base hourly rate of $34.46 to $36.46 negotiable based on experience, plus super, plus access to generous salary packaging options.
**About Uniting**:
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.
We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
**About the opportunity**:
The Mental Health Support Worker - Family & Carer Mental Health Program - is responsible for providing education, training, and individual support to families and carers of people with mental illness, aiming to improve their wellbeing, resilience, coping skills and relationships. Working within the recovery model and using a holistic, person-cantered approach, you will support the carer to achieve their goals and build capacity so they can support their loved one with a mental illness.
- Provide support and training to carers of people with a mental illness.
- You will be responsible for a caseload of families and carers, providing 1 to 1 emotional support, linking carers and families to services, supports, education and support groups.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Certificate IV in Community Services, Mental Health, Youth Work, or equivalent and relevant to the field of work.
- Minimum 1 year experience working in your field of expertise.
- Understanding of issues and concerns affecting mental health carers with a working knowledge of and commitment to carers rights and responsibilities.
- Experience providing individual advocacy for families and carers of people with mental illness.
- Ability to facilitate support groups for families and carers.
- Demonstrated ability to develop individual support plans with carers, with a focus on supporting the carer to reach their goals.
- Ability to provide individualised psychosocial support to carers of people living with severe and persistent mental illness.
- Current drivers licence and current NSW WWCC.

Benefits and culture
Working to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice brings its own rewards, but there’s more.
- Welcoming you exactly as you are
- Starting base hourly rate of $34.46 to $36.46 negotiable based on experience, plus super.
- Access to generous salary packaging options as well as access to Uniting’s URewards retail partner program.
- Wellbeing programs and access to fitness passport
- Career development opportunities such as training, education.
- Amazing workplace culture

**Closing date**: 11:55pm, Sunday 10th August 2025

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