Community Development Worker

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Hours: 64 hours a fortnight

Salary: $36.60 per hour (YA43)

Location: Mercy Mental Health and Wellbeing Services - Saltwater Clinic, Footscray

Application: Please upload resume, cover letter, driver licence, police check, VISA status, relevant qualifications and other documentation as listed in the job ad

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

The FaPMI CYP worker will contribute to the provision of a whole of family approach to service delivery, work closely with Case Managers and FaPMI Coordinators. Partner with relevant service providers in the delivery of peer support groups to children and young people up to the age of 25 who have a parent experiencing mental illness/mental health challenges.

CYP worker will engage directly with children and young people in caring and support roles, assist in strengthening formal and informal support networks within their family context, where gaps identified. Provide practical support, information and opportunities for connection with peers in similar circumstances, including referrals and/ involvement with appropriate peer support programs.

This position will work across Mercy Mental Health & Wellbeing Services located in Wyndham & Hobsons Bay.

Work closely with teams across Mercy mental health and wellbeing services:

Contributing to the provision of a whole of family approach to service delivery, the worker will work closely with the Case Manager, FaPMI Coordinators and relevant service providers to define and deliver supports to children and young people up to the age of 25 who have a parent experiencing mental illness/mental health challenges.

Engage directly with children and young people in caring/supporting roles:

• To strengthen the young person's existing support network within their family context, where safe and appropriate to do so.
• To access more formal support services where there are identified gaps in informal supports.
• To provide practical support, information, and connection to children and young people, including referrals to appropriate peer support programs.
• To access financial assistance.
• Support and develop partnerships with external providers Participate in group programs.

About you

Required:

• Cert IV in Child, Youth &/or Family Intervention, Community Development or Cert IV Mental Health.
• A current unrestricted Victorian Driver's License and ability to drive a work vehicle.
• Satisfactory National Police Record Check.
• Current Victorian Working with Children Check.

Desirable:

• Ability to speak a second language relevant to the local community.
• At least 6 months relevant employment within a similar role within the last 18 months.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.