* Part-time (30h pw), ongoing opportunity based in Deniliquin, NSW
* $38.42 p/hr + Super + 17.5% Leave Loading + Salary Packaging benefits!
* Join us in supporting individuals to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in their own community!
About Wellways
Wellways Australia exists to help all Australians lead active, fulfilling and inclusive lives in their community. We achieve this by supporting and working with individuals, families and the community to help them imagine and achieve better lives. We advocate for change to ensure people have access to the best possible care and information when they need it. We provide a wide range of services and assistance for people with mental health issues, disabilities, youth and older Australians and those requiring community care.
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.
If you’d like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here Reconciliation | Wellways
About this opportunity
Using Wellways’ Community Recovery Model, the Rehabilitation and Recovery Worker will provide practical support to people with a mental illness through the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative and work with participants to address key areas that support the development of decision making skills, social skills, independent living skills, community access, healthy lifestyle, self-identity, self-esteem and resilience.
Rehabilitation and Recovery Workers provide direct, practical support to participants that help them regain, keep, and improve skills, including self-management skills, while also supporting participants to identify and nurture natural supports that sustain recovery.
Wellways believes our work must include effective methods to improve wellbeing and to transform our relationships, networks, communities and society to provide equal rights, opportunities and outcomes for people affected by mental illness. Rehabilitation and Recovery Workers make this a reality by:
* Ensuring people can fully participate in the community and claim their rights as citizens
* Working with families, carers, friends and kin to build the skills and resources they need as key supports, and to flourish in their own right
* Advocating for, and creating communities that actively welcome and value people with mental illness and uphold their rights as equal citizens
About you
Your flexibility to work a fortnightly rotating roster is critical to this role. Previous experience working within Aboriginal/Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities and/or understanding of Aboriginal/CALD communities, both socially and culturally, will be highly regarded. So what do you need?
* Relevant qualifications or commensurate experience in working in a support role for people with a mental illness, generally a Certificate III qualification or above
* Current valid Driver’s License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
* Satisfactory Police Records Check [less than 12 months old] and Working with Children Check, prior to commencement
* NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) Worker Orientation Module Certificate is mandatory prior to commencement: https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/workers/support-for-workers/training-course
* NDIS Worker Screening Check
How to apply
For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Sarah Morrison, Program Coordinator, at smorrison@wellways.org
Click here for the full position description
Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment.
Job Description Summary
Support participants to identify their hopes, aspirations and goals, and work together to develop recovery plans that help them achieve their goals.
Culture
We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.
How to Apply
This is your opportunity to join a values based, growing, innovative and nationally recognised organisation with over 2,000 staff members across 93 sites.
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Applications Close
28/11/2024