Hope Wellbeing Support Service

Support individuals as they take steps towards achieving their goals and living a fulfilling and meaningful life in their own community.
- **Opportunity to join a leading provider of disability and mental health services**:

- **Opportunity to utilise lived experience to engage, support and encourage development in the lives of recovering members**:

- ** $82,000K annual salary + Salary Packaging up to $15,899 + 17.5% Leave loading**
- 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**

The** HOPE (Hospital Outreach suicide Postvention Engagement) Wellbeing Support Service** is a **suicide after-care** service that has been developed to care for people discharged from hospital after a suicide attempt or **crisis**. The HOPE Wellbeing support service endeavors to prevent deaths by suicide by providing **care coordination** and supporting participants to link with supports that help keep them safe and support **recovery**.

**About your new role**

As a valued Support Coordinator, you will be helping participants develop relationships and build support networks to ensure they are fully supported and empowered on their journey to recovery. You will participate in the intake and assessment processes, and support participants and families of participants who have been referred to Wellways from Latrobe Regional Hospital and non-clinical community service.

You will utilise your skills to assist HOPE Wellbeing support participants to develop their safety and support plans, while also providing care for them in the first three months following a suicide attempt to help participants stay safe and connect with essential services.

In this role, you may be required to work across the Gippsland region therefore it is a requirement that you are flexible to travel.

**To be successful in this role**
- Relevant qualifications or commensurate lived experience in working in a support role for people with mental health issues, generally a Diploma or above
- Opportunity for lived experience to be used in this role
- Current valid Driver's License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
- Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check
- Right to Work within Australia
- Satisfactory National Police Records Check
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate

**About Us**

Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

**What we offer**
- A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
- An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
- Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
- Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
- Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
- Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
- Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact **Sylvia Dardha** on **0431793727**

Once you APPLY click here for a copy of the position description

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