• Permanent Full Time
• $75,545 to $79,386 + Super + Salary Packaging
• Salary dependent on qualifications and experience
• Location: Dareton, NSW
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need.

Life at Mission Australia
When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your Opportunity

We have an amazing opportunity for an experienced Support Worker to join us working with people who have experienced severe and recurring mental illness.

The Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) aims to support people living with a mental illness to maintain and enhance their housing, participate in community life, increase their functioning, and enhance their overall wellbeing.

In this role you will provide ongoing case management and practical supports with clients to improve mental health outcomes. The team provides individualised support to move away from hospitalisation and towards recovery, community involvement, training, employment, and permanent housing options.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Respond to referrals of clients to the service from internal and external support services.
• Provide outreach services to clients - successfully inducting them into the program and creating individualised support plans.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including service partners and government agencies.
• Administration - Complete a range of internal and external reports relating to clients and the program including risk assessments, individualised support plans and program promotion.

Requirements for Success:

• Relevant experience or qualifications in community services.
• Demonstrated experience of case management working with people with complex mental health issues.
• Skills in building rapport with clients while also liaising, negotiating, and advocating for consumers with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Computer literacy preferably using Windows.
• First Aid certificate and Driver License
• Willingness to undertake any relevant training opportunities for professional development relevant to role.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Our culture

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.

We're committed to the safety and wellbeing of each other and the people we serve.

We recognise and respect diversity. So, whoever you are, if you're skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.

We encourage applications from people with disability and Indigenous Australians.

If you have a disability and need support to submit your application, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Support Worker - Dareton enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Your benefits

• Rewarding work - every day you know you're making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Generous discounts with health insurance and major retailers
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support.

How to Apply

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As a committed Circle Back Initiative employer, we will respond to your application.

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you