Rehabilitation And Recovery Worker

• Full time ongoing opportunity based in Cowra, NSW
• $36.00 - 38.60 per hour (SCHADS Schedule B Level 3 - Depending on education and experience) + 11% Super + 17.5% Leave Loading + Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,899 per annum
• Join us in supporting individuals to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in their own community!

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.

About this opportunity

As a Rehabilitation and Recovery Worker, you will 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. Essential to sustaining natural supports is that Rehabilitation and Recovery Workers work not just with individuals, but also with families and communities.

Rehabilitation and Recovery Workers walk alongside participants, supporting participants to identify their hopes, aspirations and goals, and work together to develop recovery plans that help participants achieve their goals. Additionally, you will be responsible for daily, weekly and monthly data entry and maintaining file notes, as well as various program documentation such as recovery assessments and plans, risk assessments, referral documentation and more.

So what do you need....

• Completion of the Certificate 4 in Mental Health/Mental Health Peer Work/Community Services, or be enrolled in and actively working toward completing one of these qualifications
• A contemporary understanding of mental health issues and Recovery orientated mental health practice
• National Police Check (no older than 12 months)
• NSW (Paid Worker) Working with Children Check, prior to commencement
• Current Drivers Licence and the ability to undertake some travel
• Evidence of working rights within Australia such as a passport, birth certificate or VISA
• NDIS Orientation Module
• NDIS Worker Screening Check

About Us
Wellways supports inclusivity and we're proud that our workplace is a place where everyone can imagine and achieve their goals and reach their fullest potential. This is your opportunity to join a nationally recognised organisation with over 18,000 people across 100+ sites and gain access to ongoing support and opportunity for career development.

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role and to get a copy of the position description, please contact Paul Aitcheson | 0448300***

Please click on this link for a copy of the position description

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.