• Opportunity to work as part of a purpose-driven organisation
• Part Time - Fixed Term
• Parramatta Location
• Schads Level 4
• Generous salary packaging

About One Door

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers.

Our community creates a safe place that connects people, our services are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our advocacy work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding.

Creating a world in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

About the Position 

This role delivers supports for people with a psychosocial disability working across the Campbeltown, Camden, Wingacarabee and Wollondilly LGA’s. The role delivers time limited supports for consumers using a recovery- oriented focus. The CPS Access Worker support consumers to:

• apply for NDIS,
• link to appropriate supports.
• access recovery-focused group activities
• access recovery-focused individual supports.

ODMH operates locally as self-organised teams – called Recovery 2gether teams. Team members are collectively responsible and accountable for:

• supporting the people who access our services (e.g. clients, consumers, family and carers), and team tasks.
  As a team member, you will work collaboratively with other team members to facilitate the effective operation of the team

Your skills and experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in mental health, health or welfare degree, or Cert IV in mental health and substantial years of relevant experience or equivalent level of expertise attained through previous appointments, service, and study.
• An understanding of the recovery- based approach to assisting people with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Experience with recovery-focused group facilitation.
• Experience working with individuals and undertaking strengths-based assessments, goal setting and action plans.
• Sound knowledge of NDIS access requirements.
• Knowledge of mental health and other services in the community.
• Ability to communicate and explain information in a clear, concise way to the people we support, colleagues, and external professionals.
• Ability to exercise personal responsibility and work as part of a self-organising team, with the support and guidance of the Coach.
• Demonstrated computer literacy to use Microsoft programs and the capability to learn other applications.
• An understanding of the needs of hard-to-reach communities, CALD and Aboriginal communities and the LGTBQIA community

Our values and our values

Our values are integral to everything that we are as an organisation and how we interact with each other, our consumers and carers.  As you consider whether this role is for you, please take some time to reflect on your own values and One Door’s values.  Click here to view our values ASPIRE to work out if they resonate with you.

Apply Now!  

If you would like to have a confidential chat to learn more about the position, please contact Michael Crowley-Mills on 0417 104918  for more information regarding this role.

One Door Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We strongly encourages applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.