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Form of work $33.23 to $66.46 p/hour + 10.5% super + benefits
Exceptional benefits program, including access to your pay as you earn it!!
Part time and casual opportunities available
About CareChoice
CareChoice is a NDIS, DFFH / Human Services Standard and TAC/ WorkSafe registered disability and youth services provider. We deliver a wide range of services and provide complex support across the Disability, Out of Home Care (OoHC) and Private Aged Care sectors in a range of settings including home care, residential, community and Specialist Disability Accommodation.
CareChoice is committed to service excellence and works closely with clients, their families, and key stakeholders to ensure individuals receive the very best person-centred care. The CareChoice team are passionate about their work and pride themselves in delivering an exceptional calibre of service.
Our values are:
People, First
Brilliant Together
Bring Our Best. Always
Relentless Optimism
Benefits & culture
CareChoice is proud to be an EEO employer. We support an inclusive approach in the workplace. We celebrate our diversity and welcome staff regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity and lifestyle choices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
As a CareChoice employee, benefits you’ll be able to take advantage of include:
Access to your pay as you earn it via our financial wellbeing partner
Employee Pathways Scholarships
Employee Support Fund
Free ongoing training and development
Annual recognition awards
Paid Pregnancy loss leave for either parent
Flexible work
A number of employee wellness platforms including EAP and Care4U, free flu shots and travel discounts.
Discounts with major retailers including:
Car and Health Insurance
Fuel
Groceries and food
Gas, Electricity, Internet, and Mobile Phones
Pet supplies
Movie tickets
Other major retailers such as Catch, Myer, Kmart, Big W, JB Hi Fi plus many more.
Monthly Recognition & Reward for Employee of the Month
Service Recognition Program
Career development opportunities including secondments and Job-Ride-A-Long program
From the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do your best work and really make a difference in people’s lives.
About the role
Due to continuous and exciting growth, we’re currently recruiting for multiple Mental Health Support Workers to join our team to support a client based in the Doveton area.
You will be responsible for providing quality support a to a participant who is moving into Specialist Disability Accommodation from a medical facility.
The hours of work available are 24:7 roster including weekday shifts, evening, and weekend shifts. Penalty rates apply on weekends, Public Holidays, after 8pm and after 12 pm.
We are only offering Permanent Part Time and Casual positions.
About you
To be considered for this opportunity, you will need to have demonstrated experience providing support to participants with high complex needs and or behaviours of concern.
Your background should include Complex or Forensic Support Work and ideally you will have experience working with clients that are high risk and are currently involved with the criminal justice system.
Essential to the role will be a thorough understanding of mental health disorders and trauma, an ability to maintain professional boundaries and work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
You will also have the following skills and attributes:
Covid19 Digital Vaccination Certificate or Immunisation Statement (including Booster shot)
Diploma level qualification in a relevant field
Clear and effective communication skills and ability to establish professional relationships with participants and their families
Attention to detail and accuracy in record management
Flexibility to work over a 7-day roster and the availability to work overnight shifts or attend training or meetings as required
NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or willing to obtain
First Aid, CPR, WWCC and NDIS Worker Orientation module
Current Driver’s License with access to a comprehensively insured vehicle (mandatory).
To APPLY
If this sounds like the ideal role for you and you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you. So, don’t delay, apply today. For further information, please contact our recruitment team at recruitment@carechoice.com.au.
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Joanne Thomson on 03 9034 1117, quoting Ref No. 1100349.
