Youth Mental Health Support Worker

• Casual role based at Penrith, NSW
• $40.26 - $43.93 per hour (Inclusive of casual loading) + Super + Salary packaging benefits
• Ongoing training + Development opportunities

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 the program

Youth Community Living Support Service (YCLSS) is a NSW government funded initiative that delivers time-limited specialist community based psychosocial support services designed for your people, aged 15 to 24 (inclusive), with serious mental illness, who have, or are at risk of developing, functional disability because of their Mental Health problems. The service is delivered in five targeted locations across NSW in close partnership with Local Health Districts, with a focus on coordinated and integrated care. YCLSS offers young people flexible hours and types of support to ensure that support meets a person's current needs and goals. All services are provided within the context of a recovery model and in a way that empowers individuals to live in the community with optimum self-determination and independence.

About the role

We are seeking aSupport Workersto join our supportive team here at Wellways Australia. As an integrated member of the YCLSS team, Support Workers walk alongside participants, providing intensive support to participants to address key development areas that support transition into adulthood: social skills, leadership, decision making, teamwork, healthy lifestyle, community service, responsibility, self-identity, self-esteem, and resilience. Essential to achieving these objectives is supporting the participant to identify and nurture natural supports that sustain recovery and assist in the development of self-management skills.

An essential part of every YCLSS team member's role is the timely and accurate recording of participant information and data. All Wellways services are informed by Wellways' Well Together Model, Practice Principles, Program Pathways and Recovery Frameworks.

In order to support participants accessing Wellways Programs, YCLSS Workers are required to travel across the region, including overnight stays where required.

What do you need?

If you share our passion of helping people and want to make a difference in people's lives, then we look forward to receiving your application!

• A contemporary understanding of Mental Health issues and recovery orientated Mental Health practice
• Capacity to continuously develop practice in response to supervision, reflection, training, practice experience and feedback
• Completion of the Certificate 4 in Mental Health, Certificate 4 in Mental Health Peer Work or Certificate 4 in Community Services, or be enrolled in and actively working toward completing one of these qualifications
• Evidence of working rights within Australia (birth cert/passport/visa)
• Satisfactory Police Check (no older than 12 months)
• NSW (Paid Worker) Working with Children Check, prior to commencement.
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate - free online course
• NDIS Worker Screening Check

About Us
Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose Mental Health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span Mental Health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

What we offer

• 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
• 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, please contact Joshua Leviste on ********@wellways.org

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