_**Are you looking for your next big challenge?**_
- **Grow your career with us. Learn with us. Thrive with us.**_
Carer's Network are in search of an experienced, client specific Mental Health Support Worker to join an already established team of highly motivated, workers. If you have experience working with behaviours of concern, psycho-social disabilities, and complex mental health, and are looking for a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you. Your role will be to provide vital daily living assistance within the client's home. As well as to enhance community engagement and support with professional appointments.
You will be supporting our client at home, as well as supporting to increase community participation.
Experience in the following is essential:
- Must have a minimum of 2 years in Mental Health, Disability or Home and Community Care.
- Must have a minimum of 2 years' experience in working with challenging behaviours and have a strong willed and positive approach when faced with these challenges.
- Deliver high-quality person-centered care to our clients and make sure that their individual needs are met.
- Highly motivated with strong interpersonal, problem solving and great communication skills.
**What we can offer you**
Here at Carer's Network, we acknowledge and appreciate the hard work and dedication from our support workers, which in return you can expect:
- Above award wages.
- Travel allowances
- Flexible working hours to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
- A supportive culture, along with a rewarding career in the disability and age care sector.
- A passionate and committed care coordination team that will support you.
- Cert III in Mental Health, Psychology, social Work or equivalent
- First year psychology student
- NDIS worker screening check
- Current driver's license and own vehicle
- Covid
- 19 proof of vaccination.
**Job Type**: Casual
**Salary**: From $35.90 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Penalty rates
Licence/Certification:
- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- National Police Certificate (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (required)
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (required)
Work Location: On the road