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Mental Health Community Worker

St Jude's Health Care Services
$74,814 - $94,732 a year
Western Australia
2 weeks ago

Title: Mental Health Community Worker

Date: 18 Jun 2025
Location: Bunbury
Business Unit: St Jude's Disability Services

St Jude’s has been one of the more innovative and leading service providers for people with disability and psychosocial needs in Australia since 1982. In recent times, our organisation has been experiencing substantial growth as a direct result of the quality of the services we provide. Our significant experience in service delivery is reflected through 40 years of providing quality services and maintaining the highest of standards for our clients.

Role Summary

Mental Health Community Worker are experienced community workers whose roles have an emphasis on working with clients with psychosocial support requirements. The role works within our Mainstream Capacity Building (MCB) team and aims to reduce the readmission cycle to hospital for clients, as well as focusing on barrier minimisation strategies for people living with Disability.

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Assisting clients to live independently and to access supports and services
  • Developing support plans based on the needs of individual clients
  • Monitoring the progress and providing reporting on support plans
  • Liaising with the families and representatives of clients
  • Seeking feedback and ensuring this is used to improve services
  • Networking and connection to services

This role is being hired on a casual basis.

Skills, Attributes and Experience

Our ideal candidate will have previous experience working in the mental health sector or with clients requiring significant psychosocial support or have recently completed qualifications in a mental health field. They will be a proactive, positive and communicative person who prides themselves on providing quality support services to people who require them. They will have a strong ability to build meaningful, lasting relationships on a foundation of trust and respect. They will be a proficient problem solver who has a confident attitude towards difficult situations and works collaboratively with people to achieve favourable outcomes and results.

As well as the above, the Key Requirements include:

  • Applications must possess a Cert IV or higher qualification in a relevant field
  • Possess or be willing to obtain a NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • Hold a valid Driver’s Licence and a reliable vehicle
  • Previous experience working within mental health is highly desirable

St Jude's NDIS are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.

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