Support Worker South
Core
Provide person-centred support to promote independence, choice, and control for individuals with mental ill health or psychosocial disability, including practical assistance, personal care, and community access.
Role type
Support Worker (Independent Living & Mental Health)
Builds
Residential care plans, skills development programs, and community participation activities.
Domain
Mental health services and psychosocial disability support
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
practical assistance, personal care, meal preparation, activity programming, incident reporting, administrative record keeping, financial transaction handling, community navigation, team collaboration, problem solving
Preferred skills
understanding of mental illness impact, knowledge of Quality and Safeguard Commission, Work Health Safety principles, recovery experience
Technologies
Microsoft Office, internal data systems
Responsibilities
Provide practical assistance for independent living skills, assist in developing care plans, prepare meals, implement client skills programs, record participant interactions and incidents, assist with administrative functions and financial transactions, provide personal care per occupational therapy reports, support participants in accessing community services, complete case notes, attend staff training
Seniority
Casual, entry-level to mid-level