Senior Mental Health Support Worker - Closes 12 December 2022

Position title Senior Mental Health Support Worker

Position holder Vacant

Program Mental Health & AOD

Funded by WestVic Primary Health Network

Based at location Stawell, Ararat or Horsham

Responsible to • Program Leader Mental Health & AOD

• Manager Counselling and Support
• General Manager People and Community
• Chief Executive Officer

Direct reports • None

Award Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and
Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017

Classification SACS level 3.1 to 4.1

Hourly rate $ 34.04 to $39.49 Annual $67,658 to $78,032

Status Full time

Hours per week 38

PD last updated and
approved by CEO

November 2022

Position summary

Grampians Community Health in partnership with Ballarat Community Health deliver
psychosocial support through the Connecting2Community (C2c) program in the Wimmera
and Central Highlands. C2c is a co-designed model of psychosocial support delivered by a
multidisciplinary team including peer works and clinicians.

The Senior Mental Health Support Worker is a new role within the Mental Health & AOD
program that will ensure a focus on self-management principles and the recovery model and
contribute to the ongoing development of service offerings to our clients.

Key responsibilities

1. Support clients to develop NDIS applications and test eligibility to the NDIS.

2. Coordinate and deliver psychosocial supports to clients to enable them to work towards

recovery goals.

3. Work with people accessing services on their individual desired goals and outcomes.
4. Identify opportunities for people accessing services to learn, grow and become more

confident, and improve their self-esteem and self-efficacy.
5. Advocate for and support self-advocacy through encouragement, modelling and coaching

to facilitate access to supports.
6. Facilitate or co-facilitate group programs in conjunction with team members.

7. Attend to appropriate referrals to other community supports and services.

8. Maintain a personal strength-based, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented outlook that
engenders a sense of hope and resilience encourage a strength-based, trauma-informed
and recovery-oriented outlook in people.

9. Ensure that accurate documentation of all client related records and data is maintained to

meet internal and funding body requirements.

10. Provide supervision and support to students as required.

11. Other duties commensurate with current skills and experience as agreed with the
Program Leader, Manager, General Manager or the Chief Executive Officer.

Key selection criteria

Qualifications

• Minimum Diploma level qualification in nursing, community services, mental health or

similar.

Mandatory

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a mental health or community service
• Demonstrated experience of working with clients with complex needs including

psychosocial disability.

Desirable

• Experience in supporting clients to apply for access to the National Disability Insurance

Scheme.

• Experience working with a range of stakeholders including clinical and non-clinical

support services.

• Knowledge of the welfare and mental health service networks in the Grampians region.
• Full COVID-19 vaccination status (including booster).

Demonstrated skills, experience and/or understanding of:

• Demonstrated attention to detail with well-developed administrative and organisational

skills to effectively manage high volumes of work and determine priorities, meet targets
and deadlines.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of computer software, including Microsoft

Office and the Internet.

• High level verbal and written communication skills that enable effective and appropriate

communication with a broad range of people at all levels.

• Demonstrated ability to contribute to positive workplace culture and practices.

Licences and registrations

• Current Victorian driver licence
• Current National police check (less than 3 months old)
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Current Employee Working with Children Check

Personal attributes

• Empowering
• Inclusive
• Professional
• Courageous
• Compassionate

Conditions of employment

This position is full time ongoing and is subject to successful completion of a six-month
probationary period

And requires the following checks:

• Satisfactory police check
• Clear NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Employee Working with Children Check

Note: Checks must be obtained and provided prior to commencement as a condition of
employment at Grampians Community Health. Where check results are unsatisfactory in
relation to the role to be carried out, the offer of employment will be withdrawn.

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