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This position is for a Casual Outreach Mental Health Support worker at Primacy Care Australia, a growing NDIS service provider. We are seeking energetic, passionate and highly committed individuals to be part of our growing team. In this position, you will be responsible for helping individuals living with psycho-social distress, participate and engage in social and community activities. You will be supporting NDIS participants with empathy, humanity and care.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide support to participants in line with Primacy Care's social model of recovery.
• Offer support to participants and assist them to participate in all lifestyle activities of their choice and meet daily living needs as well as attain better social participation in their community.
• Provide short-term focused interventions, psycho-education, support and mentoring to participants.
• Support and assist participants to achieve their goals and needs in relation to approved NDIS plan.
• Deliver high quality, person-centred services to meet the needs of participants.
• Provide weekday and weekend support as required by participants.

Qualifications and Skills

To be eligible for this position, you must:

• Minimum Level 4 in Mental Health or Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Available for minimum of 5 days a week
• Have a full Australian Driver’s License.
• Current Working With Children's Check
• Current valid First Aid Certificate
• Current National Police Check
• Own your own car and have full comprehensive roadworthy vehicle insurance.
• An understanding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the nature of psycho social distress.
• An understanding on how to manage a case load and do this autonomously.
• An ability to organise your own timetable/roster and meet deadlines/appointments.
• An ability to write comprehensive case notes and do this articulately, clearly and concisely.
• A passion for mental health and have high work ethics.
• Experience in the mental health industry will be highly desirable.

Part-time hours: 20-36 per week

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Salary: $27.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

• Day shift

Experience:

• Mental health: 1 year (Preferred)

Education:

• Certificate I - IV (Preferred)

Work Eligibility:

• Permitted to work permanently with no restriction on hours (e.g. citizen, permanent resident) (Preferred)

Work Remotely:

• No