Part time Ongoing (0.5 FTE) opportunity based at Traralgon$37.35 - $40.05 phr (SCHADS Schedule 3B) + Leave Loading + Super + Salary PackagingDraw on your real-life experience to support families & carers in your communityWellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Program A key recommendation from the Royal Commission emphasised the crucial role of families and carers in not only caring for their loved ones, but also in the overall functioning and sustainability of the mental health system.
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect Centers (MHWBC) will form a vital component of the integrated services provided in the reformed Mental Health and Wellbeing system in Victoria.
Services will be provided primarily by a team of individuals with personal experience as carers, and will offer support to families, carers, kin, and supporters of individuals facing mental health challenges, psychological distress, mental illness, or substance use concerns.
About the role This is an opportunity for you to join a purpose and values driven team to identify and facilitate opportunities that promote inclusion, build the capacity of people and groups to access practical services and achieve healthy, strong and connected communities.
As our new Carer and Community Engagement Worker, your role will see you engaging and empowering people in your community, including hard-to-reach cohorts, to ensure equitable access for all people in the community to local services. With the support of the Program Coordinator, you will also be engaging with community leaders and a broad range of health, social and community services to co-design community capacity initiatives and to identify and respond to psychological distress and to promote ways of maintaining social and emotional wellbeing.
This is a role that will provide you with a high level of flexibility in terms of your scheduled working hours.
What we offer A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valuedAn equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environmentSalary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasingMeal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annumReceive 17.5% annual leave loading every time you take time away from workPaid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employmentAccess for you and your family to our Employee Assistance ProgramRequirements Personal lived experience of caring for someone with mental health challenges or psychosocial distress and recoveryCertificate IV/Diploma in Mental Health, AOD or tertiary qualification in social science or 1+ year relevant work experience in mental health sector or intentional Peer Support TrainingDemonstrated knowledge of family and caring roles and the impact on carers' health and wellbeing to determine support requirementsDemonstrated skill in establishing empowering and supportive partnerships with individuals, families and carersNational Police Check, Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Orientation Module, NDIS Worker Screening Check and evidence of right to work within Australia.For a confidential discussion about the role contact Caitlin Sevior - Program Coordinator ******
We encourage early applications as interviews will begin prior to advertising closing date.
Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.
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