Community Mental Health Support Worker - Sydney, Australia - Chariton 24H Healthcare

Description

Plan and co-ordinate individual support and resettlement packages for the Service User liaising with the appropriate agencies and care professionals to ensure successful delivery of the plans.

• Constantly ensure there is genuine engagement with the Service users using appropriate methodologies and inventions to encourage and support their engagement and progress towards greater independence and community integration.
• Act as a key worker and a link worker for named service users and in this role contribute to the development of support plans, risk assessments and subsequent reviews for allocated service users
• Deliver life skills training and support to prepare service users for successful independent living.
• Encourage service users to establish social networks and undertake meaningful activities to assist them to develop positive coping mechanisms and to socially integrate.
• Provide practical and emotional support to all service users of the Service, ensuring that they are treated with respect and dignity at all times

• Experience of delivery a recoveryfocused provision to vulnerable adults with support needs, including complex needs
• Experience of working with exoffenders with mental health issues / substance misuse / challenging /chaotic behaviours
• Experience of drafting and agreeing support plans and providing appropriate interventions for service user and liaising with other professional to bring the plans to fruition
• Proven ability to form effective, positive and motivational relationships.

• Previous 5years experience working within mental health and an understanding of mental health practice
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to quickly build rapport and trust
• Cert IV or Diploma in Community Services and Mental Health
• Working with Children Check
• National Police Check
• NSW Driver's license
• COVID19 vaccination, including booster
• Full Australian working rights

• Professional development assistance

• Day shift
• Morning shift
• Night shift
• Rotating roster

• Australia (required)

• Day Shift (required)
• Night Shift (required)
• Overnight Shift (required)

• 100% (required)