Skylight is recruiting a Community Mental Health Worker to work within the Carers and Wellness Connect NPSP programs.  The Community Mental Health Worker will work closely with participants to promote recovery, inspire hope and facilitate a process wherein participants can work toward their goals.

This role is classified at SACS Level 4, 0.6 – 0.8 fte and a Maximum Term Contract until June 2023. The role will be based at Skylight Elizabeth, servicing multiple areas of the South Australian metropolitan region.

Both programs provide short term 1:1 support. The Community Mental Health Worker may support participants to:

• Identify their strengths
• Build resilience
• Achieve goals
• Link in with people to help improve their wellbeing
• Connect with family or with community
• Explore accessing the NDIS or DSP
• Enjoy a full and vibrant quality of life.

Requirements for Success

• Qualifications or experience relevant to mental health
• Sound knowledge and awareness of mental health challenges 
• Capacity to work both autonomously and within teams
• Experience with person centred  and recovery oriented frameworks
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft programs and relevant software
• DHS Working With Children Check and NDIS Worker Check – Apply Here
• Must have full schedule of COVID vaccinations, as mandated by the South Australian Government.
• Understanding of NDIS application process desirable

For queries please contact Chantal Yeend on 0437 067 723 or via email at chantal@skylight.org.au

If you are interested in applying please attach a current CV, a cover letter and answer the following questions (limit 75 words per question) by 5pm Tuesday 16th August 2022

1. Describe briefly your understanding of what is needed to support people who have mental health challenges and are living in the community.
2. Please describe an experience where you have needed to communicate professional boundaries in a respectful and supportive manner.
3. The Wellness Connect NPSP and Carers Support programs are short, time-limited programs. Please describe your understanding of capacity building and how would you engage with someone to ensure you can meet goals within timeframes.

Skylight Mental Health is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce including people from all genders, ages, sexualities, cultures, backgrounds. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people with mental health lived experience.

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Support Workers, Casual, SACS Level 2.4 

Skylight Programs deliver a range of recovery-oriented community mental health services by working alongside people experiencing mental illness, family and friends who care for them, and the broader general South Australian community.

Covering locations in and around Mount Gambier and Murraylands, Skylight is looking to recruit Support Workers across the region who are capable of providing individualised support to participants. Shifts are across various times during the day and can include weekends and public holidays.  

Skylight Support Workers make a real difference to the lives of people experiencing mental illness, building from these key areas:

Engagement - Do you engage easily with others?

Empathy - Is it natural for you to express empathy?

Recovery - Do you understand what recovery from mental illness means?

Relationships - Is building relationships easy for you?

Motivation – Can you help people discover their own motivation?

Emotional Intelligence - Is emotional intelligence important to you?

Self-Reflection - Do you use self-reflection to challenge yourself?

If you answered YES to the questions above and would like to work alongside our participants to improve / support their wellbeing, then submit an application today to join our team:

For more details or enquiries, please contact: Rob Merrett at (08) 8378 4100 or robmer@skylight.org.au

TO APPLY

Send your resume, together with a cover letter, including examples of your experience with some of these key questions.

The successful applicants will have:

• Certificate III Individual Support (Home and Community) and/or knowledge and skills gained through work experience commensurate with community mental health service
• Sound knowledge and awareness of mental illness (ideally psychosocial disability) and related comorbidities and the associated impact on individuals, carers and the community
• Smartphone with internet capabilities
• Current SA Drivers Licence and willingness to use own vehicle
• DHS Working With Children Check and NDIS Worker Check Click Here To Apply

Skylight Mental Health is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce including people from all genders, ages, abilities, sexualities, cultures, bodies and backgrounds. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people with mental health lived experience.

Applications to be sent to recruitment@skylight.org.au 

About Skylight Mental Health

Skylight programs deliver a range of recovery orientated community mental health services by working alongside people experiencing mental illness, family and friends who care for them, and the broader general South Australian community. At Skylight, we firmly believe that mental health should not define someone. We value lived experience and peer-led programs, using them to enhance wellbeing and strengthen resilience.

About the Role

Skylight is recruiting multiple Support Workers who share a passion for quality, dependable, person-centred support services in the Northern Adelaide region – Elizabeth, Salisbury, Tea Tree Gully and surrounding suburbs. Shifts are across various times during the day and include weekends. Multiple casual opportunities are available.

About the Offer

What Skylight Mental Health can offer you:

• Competitive hourly rate - classified at SACS 2.4 Social Community Disability Award
• Salary packaging up to $15,900 per year
• Comprehensive training and development
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Program available (including counselling)

About You

The successful applicants will have:

• Certificate III Individual Support (Home & Community) and/or knowledge and skills gained through work experience commensurate with community mental health services
• Smartphone with internet capabilities
• Current SA drivers licence and willingness to use own vehicle
• DHS Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Check (or willingness to obtain)

Enquires to Louise Ray louise@skylight.org.au

How to Apply

Please address the following questions in a maximum of one page, together with a cover letter and your resume to recruitment@skylight.org.au

1. Describe what skills you believe to be most important when delivering support to participants in the community.
2. Describe how you work through challenges and how you feel this would impact support given to participants
3. Provide example(s) of how you would create positive connections with participants across a broad range of age, groups, backgrounds and interests.

Skylight Mental Health is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce including people from all genders, ages, abilities, sexualities, cultures, bodies and backgrounds. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people with mental health lived experience.

Skylight is looking to recruit Activity Group Support Workers. The roles are based at Skylight Metropolitan sites, SCHADS Level 2.4 and casual opportunities.

Skylight Programs deliver a range of recovery-oriented community mental health services by working alongside people experiencing mental illness, family and friends who care for them, and the broader general South Australian community.

Covering locations in Metropolitan Adelaide, Skylight is looking to recruit Activity Group Support Workers in the Central, Southern and Northern Suburbs who are capable of facilitating group activities to participants. Shifts are across various times during the day through the week.  

Skylight Activity Group Support Workers make a real difference to the lives of people experiencing mental illness, building from these key areas:

Engagement - Do you engage easily with others?

Empathy - Is it natural for you to express empathy?

Recovery - Do you understand what recovery from mental illness means?

Relationships - Is building relationships easy for you?

Motivation – Can you help people discover their own motivation?

Emotional Intelligence - Is emotional intelligence important to you?

Self-Reflection - Do you use self-reflection to challenge yourself?

If you answered YES to the questions above and would like to work alongside our participants to improve / support their wellbeing, then submit an application today to join our team:

TO APPLY

Send your resume, together with a cover letter, including examples of your experience with some of these key questions.

The successful applicants will have:

• Certificate III Individual Support (Home and Community) and/or knowledge and skills gained through work experience commensurate with community mental health service
• Sound knowledge and awareness of mental illness (ideally psychosocial disability) and related comorbidities and the associated impact on individuals, carers and the community
• Smartphone with internet capabilities
• Current SA Drivers Licence and willingness to use own vehicle
• DHS Working With Children Check and NDIS Worker Check Click Here To Apply

• Must have full COVID vaccination, as mandated by the South Australian Government Directive.

For more details or enquiries, please contact: Yvonne Torr at (08) 8378 4100 or yvonne@skylight.org.au Skylight will fill the role as soon as possible, and will keep the recruitment open until filled 

Skylight Mental Health is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce including people from all genders, ages, sexualities, cultures and backgrounds. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people with mental health lived experience.