Support Worker

**Located in North Nowra**:

- **SCHADS Level 2**:

- **Generous NFP salary packaging to increase your take home pay**:

- **Casual - Availability to work a 24 hour roster**

**About the Position**

The NDIS aims to give people with disability better access to personalised, high quality and innovative supports and services. A specific focus is to enhance the independence, social and economic participation of people with disability and their carers. The NDIS uses a person-centered approach that aims to increase choice and control.
The NDIS Worker will assist consumers on their journey towards independence, purposeful coping and self-management through direct individual consumer work as well as centre based/group activities to meet the consumer’s goals.

**The role**
- Engaging them to work as a team and participate in a structured and meaningful day
- Providing one-on-one service delivery and/or group facilitation, supporting consumers to make their own decisions through a Recovery Orientated approach
- Ensure data, case notes, goals and outcome information is maintained
- Periodically reviewing with the consumer and with other team members the supports delivered and the way in which they were delivered

**Your key skills and experience**
- Certificate IV in a relevant discipline (e.g. mental health, peer work, disability) or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of the NSW mental health system and local services
- An understanding of the recovery
- based approach to previous experience assisting people with severe and persistent mental illness
- Experience in working with families and carers and/or people with a mental illness
- Demonstrates values consistent with person-centred ways of working and supports the person’s choice and control.
- An understanding of trauma-informed practice
- Communicate effectively in all interactions with all stakeholders - An understanding of the needs of hard to reach communities, CALD and Aboriginal communities and the LGTBQIA community
- Ability to exercise personal responsibility and work as part of a self-organising team, with the support and guidance of Coach
- Available to work across a rotating 24 hour/7 days per week roster
- Current driver’s licence and access to a fully ensured motor vehicle.
- Current First Aid Certificate (desirable)

A copy of the position description can be viewed here.

**About **One Door**

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers. Our **community** creates a safe place that connects people, our **services** are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our **advocacy **work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding. Creating a **world** in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

Our workforce operates within our purpose-driven approach called Recovery 2gether. Recovery 2gether provides a simple, clear, framework of support for: consumers, carers & families; staff; and the whole organisation.

Our services are delivered mainly by self-organising teams; where team members are collectively accountable for working with the people we support and fulfilling team-tasks.

**Your values and our values**

Our values are integral to everything that we are as an organisation and how we interact with each other, our consumers and carers. As you consider whether this role is for you, please take some time to reflect on your own values and One Door’s values. Click here to view our values **ASPIRE** to work out if they resonate with you.