Careers

About the Organisation

Almost half of Australian adults will experience a mental health illness at some point in their life. You can make a meaningful difference to the Australian community by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Our mental health teams provide client-led, recovery-orientated mental health support, creating positive change in such a vital industry.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees, and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

The residential program based in Fremantle provides community-based homeless youth services to young people between 17 and 22 years of age, who show signs and symptoms of mental illness while homeless or at risk of homelessness.

The Senior Support Worker will promote positive mental health by supporting those in our service through involvement in delivering safe services, encouraging recovery and individual creativity, and embracing a holistic approach to wellness. Reporting to the Team Leader of Mental Health, this role has oversight of the direct care services to clients, training, supervision of the team, and monitoring of the program's performance and effectiveness.

This is a permanent part time position of 64 hours per fortnight. The successful candidate must be able to commit to the following roster:

• Week 1 – Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri 14:30 – 22:30
• Week 2 – Wed, Thu, Fri and Sat 14:30 – 22:30

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide general care and supervision to young people accessing the service
• Maintain a supportive and safe working environment
• Undertake activities in accordance with the care plan and funding arrangements
• Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date
• Monitor and maintain high quality documentation and provide detailed information to inform the development of care plans and service delivery
• Assist with the supervision, guidance and support of support workers
• Provide support and assistance to the Team Leader

Skills & Experience

• Certificate IV in Mental Health 
• Previous experience in working with people who have a mental health issue and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Experience working within a recovery framework with young people
• Demonstrated experience in developing care plans or individual plans
• Previous experience supervising or mentoring staff
• Current First Aid Certificate 
• Current Driver Licence

Benefits

• Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
• Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
• Opportunity to play a real and active part in improving the lives and well-being of clients 

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au  

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on  Sunday the 18th of January