**Mental Health Recovery Worker - Health and Wellbeing (Residential)****:
- Community Services | Launceston
- Closing date: 07/10/2024
**Permanent, part-time positions based in Rocherlea**
These roles are a minimum of 100 hours over a 4 week roster period.
**About us**:
Anglicare Tasmania is a non-profit organisation providing a wide range of community services to the people of Tasmania. We are part of the national Anglicare Australia network of organisations. Anglicare advocates for social justice and aids people in times of need. We provide programs relating to ageing and disability, health, housing, families, drug and alcohol treatment and support and more.
**About the Role**:
The Residential Rehabilitation & Recovery Services provide step up and step down intervention in addition to medium term residential support in a community setting. Employees work collaboratively with mental health services to provide individualised psychosocial and skills based support and therapeutic group activities.
**The successful applicants will possess demonstrable competency, knowledge, understanding and/or skills in the following areas**:
- Knowledge and experience in supporting people who have severe and persistent mental ill health;
- Knowledge and skills in providing effective psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery including intake, non-clinical assessment, recovery planning, referral, and effective exit planning;
- High level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills including the ability to conduct non-clinical assessments;
- A minimum qualification of a Diploma of Community Services;
- First Aid and Assist Clients with Medication accreditation (training can be provided).
**What we offer you**:
- an attractive salary including Salary Packaging;
- a 7% Graduate Loading payable where you hold a degree in a relevant discipline;
- career development opportunities;
- a friendly and supportive work environment.
**To be considered for the position, applicants are asked to show**:
- evidence of their competency and experience;
- good organisational skills and an ability to record actions accurately;
- knowledge in a broad range of disabilities and mental health areas;
- a keenness to learn;
- well-developed networking skills.
The Position Description can be found below.
The successful applicant will be required to:
- present an unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable people type National Police Check (no older than 12 months);
- provide an International Police Check if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia after the age of 16;
- provide a satisfactory Anglicare assessed medical:
- provide a current provisional or full Australian Driver Licence.
On commencement the successful applicant will be required to undertake our structured Safeguarding Children Training program.
**APPLICATIONS CLOSE: MONDAY, 7th OCTOBER 2022, at 6.00pm.**
PLEASE NOTE: Other vacancies that may arise in the near future may also be filled from this selection process.
**About Anglicare Tasmania**
Anglicare Tasmania is committed to providing an inclusive and respectful work environment where all people are valued and have equal access to opportunities to reach their full potential.
📌 Mental Health Recovery Worker - Health and
🏢 Anglicare Tasmania
📍 Launceston