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Mental Health Support Worker

Illawarra Mercury
Wollongong Full-day Full-time

Description:

Mental Health Support Worker - outreach

Are you looking for a rewarding career? Are you interested in providing top-quality care for people suffering from mental health issues? Do you have a drive to help and support others in need? Can you help someone live independently? If you said yes to all the above, we have a role for you!

If you are looking to transition or start your career in mental health and wish to be a part of our client’s recovery journey, you have come to the right place!

Who are we?

At Wellcare Australia, we provide shared housing and assistance for mental health participants with ongoing care needs. Our vision is to provide outstanding person-centred and recovery-oriented care, through the provision of our support workers, to help our participants through their recovery journey. Wellcare Australia is also a registered NDIS provider.

The core mission of the organisation is to promote and support a recovery based on hope and ambition for all our residents, allowing their mental health to flourish.

What do we expect?

As a mental health support worker, you will be required to use a variety of evidence-based approaches, helping support individuals to live a satisfying life while assisting their mental health recovery.

Your role will be to provide vital daily living assistance towards participants with complex support needs, allowing participants to integrate and engage safely into the community. With encouragement and mentoring, you will support our participants to maintain their independence by promoting social, vocational, and living skills.

How You Can Help

  • Wellcare Australia offers different kinds of support depending on our participants’ needs, including but not limited to:
  • Assisting our participants experiencing mental illness to attend peer and other support groups.
  • Provide safe and supportive access to the community.
  • Assist in building supportive relationships with individuals, their care team, and families.
  • Emotional and crisis support
  • Access to other support services and provide multi-level support during clinical consultations.
  • Assist participants in developing their daily living abilities.
  • Using a person-centred approach to help those living with a mental illness to maximise their independence and confidence.

Mentoring our participants to establish daily routines and life skills, education, health and fitness, work skills and other duties as directed.

What We Can Offer You

As an employee of WCA, you will get the following benefits:

  • A rewarding career path that makes a daily, visible impact on people's lives
  • Ongoing opportunity for personal and professional growth and development
  • A friendly, engaging, and inspirational work environment
  • On-the-job training and development

Females are encouraged to apply.

If you have any queries about the position, please contact HR on 0416 641 125 during business hours.

Job Type: Casual

Pay: Up to $44.59 per hour

Schedule

  • Afternoon shift
  • Day shift
  • Evening shift
  • Morning shift
  • Shift work

Supplementary Pay

  • Penalty rates

Work Location: In person
16 Jul 2025;   from: linkedin.com

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