Payworx
9 months ago
Mental Health Support Workers - Illawarra
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Company information
- Company
- Payworx
- Location
- Australia, New South Wales, Illawarra, Wollongong Area, Fairy Meadow Australia
- Posted
- 9 months ago
Job description
Mental Health Support Worker (Wollongong)
We are seeking experienced and reliable Mental Health Support Workers to join our team in Wollongong, supporting NDIS participants with complex mental health needs. If you are compassionate, proactive, and confident working with diverse behaviours and support requirements, we'd love to hear from you.
Shifts vary from Community Participation (CP) to SIL home settings.
Casual workers are welcome to apply.
Plenty of shifts and plenty of work are available for the right candidates, with flexible rosters.
Key Responsibilities:
If you have a passion for mental health support and want to make a meaningful impact in the lives of NDIS participants, we invite you to apply.
We are seeking experienced and reliable Mental Health Support Workers to join our team in Wollongong, supporting NDIS participants with complex mental health needs. If you are compassionate, proactive, and confident working with diverse behaviours and support requirements, we'd love to hear from you.
Shifts vary from Community Participation (CP) to SIL home settings.
Casual workers are welcome to apply.
Plenty of shifts and plenty of work are available for the right candidates, with flexible rosters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide person-centred support to participants with mental health and psychosocial needs
- Support participants with community access, daily living skills, and capacity building
- Manage complex or challenging behaviours with professionalism and care
- Maintain high-quality progress notes and documentation
- Work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Follow participant support plans, behaviour support strategies, and risk management procedures
- Minimum 2+ years mental health experience
- Experience supporting participants with complex or challenging behaviours
- Experience with participants from the judicial system is highly regarded
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Reliable, switched-on, and able to make sound decisions in dynamic situations
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate
- NDIS Modules: Worker Orientation Module, Induction Module, Supporting Safe & Enjoyable Meals Module
- Valid Driver's Licence
- Police Check
- Infection Control Certificate
- Must speak fluent English
- Comprehensive Car Insurance and own vehicle
If you have a passion for mental health support and want to make a meaningful impact in the lives of NDIS participants, we invite you to apply.
Required skills
- teamwork
- community access
- documentation
- reliability
- ndis
- mental health
- decision-making
- daily living skills
- verbal communication skills
- flexible rosters
- written communication skills
- progress notes
- capacity building
- wollongong
- community participation
- person-centred support
- sil home settings
- mental health and psychosocial needs
- complex or challenging behaviours
- participant support plans
- behaviour support strategies
- risk management procedures
- 2+ years mental health experience
- participants with complex or challenging behaviours
- judicial system
- casual workers
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