Mental Health Enrolled Nurse

You will provide Mental Health nursing services as part of our Street Based Outreach Team at The Living Room on Melbourne’s iconic Hosier Lane. It is a unique service combining health services, drop-in support, and social connectedness.  

The Mental Health Nurse will form part of a multi-disciplinary outreach team providing high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care and work in collaboration with clients and the multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes. The position will be critical to providing a health-focused outreach response that engages consumers in order to create linkages with our Living Room Primary Health Service and a range of external health, outreach and housing services.  

Working within a social model of health, the position will form part of a multidisciplinary team approach to provide direct interventions and conduct referrals across a range of domains. The position will be required to work in an assertive outreach capacity in the evening. 

This program operated Wednesday – Sunday between 4pm and 11pm.  

• Enrolled Nurse  
• An understanding of the issues and implications of homelessness on clients with complex health and social needs 
• AHPRA registration 

 This position is a part time role working shifts between 3 – 11pm Wednesday to Sunday  

You are a compassionate and outcomes-driven nurse with either Mental Health experience or wanting to start your career in Mental Health. You have a passion for working with disadvantaged and marginalised populations experiencing psychiatric, medical and substance use conditions. You understand the importance of empowering service users to engage positively in their physical and Mental Health. You’re passionate about strength-based therapeutic interventions. You will be excited about this role and come knocking on our door with your AHPRA registration in hand. 

You’re bendy, and you know not every day will be the same; you can switch from providing support to a service user to writing entering impact data in the blink of an eye. Changing lives is your passion but you still embrace rolling up your sleeves and mucking in to get the job done.  

The Living Room is a specialist AOD primary health service, the team works with people aged 18+ to provide free healthcare and support to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of individuals who are, or at risk of experiencing homelessness. 

The only service of its kind in Melbourne, The Living Room focuses on the social determinants of health to look beyond disease or illness, to see a person's overall situation. Our multi-disciplinary team works with individuals to identify goals with a focus on harm minimisation, self-determination, and empowerment. 

We are a non-judgemental service with a strong focus on respect, client centred care and outcomes. We work with clients on a personalised, tailored basis to address highly complex issues faced by people experiencing multiple and complex needs. 

Youth Projects is an independent, registered charity providing front line support to young people and individuals experiencing disadvantage, unemployment, homelessness, alcohol and other drug issues. We recognise the complex and varying needs of the people we work with and go above and beyond, 365 days a year, to provide pathways out of poverty. 

Every day you spend working with us, you’re making a difference. The stronger our frontline warriors, the bigger our impact of breaking the cycle of disadvantage. We think that’s a pretty great perk, but we don’t stop there… here are some of the others; 

• You’re in the heart of Melbourne and a 5-minute walk from Flinders St Station  
• Access to generous salary packaging 
• Access to meals & entertainment benefits and novated leasing (if desired) 
• Supervision every month and access to external reflective practice sessions 
• Flexible work environment 
• Uncapped Employee Assistance Program 
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading 
• Plus, additional paid leave including wellbeing, family violence, study and an extra 5 personal days we also provide flexibility to take extra unpaid leave. 

Sounds like you'd like to join the team at The Living Room?  

👉 Send through your resume + a brief cover letter by clicking "Apply for this Job"  

 Recruitment for this position will be undertaken as applications are received and only successful applicants will be notified.  

Please note is a requirement of all Youth Projects positions that the successful applicant holds a valid Working with Children’s Check, Police Check.  

Our commitment to diversity  

At Youth Projects, we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions and encourage applications from candidates with a disability, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and indigenous candidates.  

Safety screening  

Youth Projects is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, providing an environment where children who come into contact with the organisation are safe and feel safe. Youth Projects has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All Youth Projects staff must undergo Police and Working with Children Checks prior to commencement and must undergo regular screening throughout employment with the organisation.