Disability Support Worker - Complex Support (Mental Health)

Hello, nice to meet you! We’re Hireup, an online platform, and community for people with disability and their families, anywhere in Australia, to find, hire and manage local support workers who fit their needs and share their interests. We are growing ourcommunity nationally, so now is the perfect time to join the team.

About Hireup

At Hireup, you’ll become a critical part of an exciting team. Whether it’s support with personal care, getting to work or catching a footy game, we give individuals the tools and technology to pursue a good life on their own terms - a life of choice, independence and control.

Mental Health - Duties and Responsibilities :

The support you will provide to someone with complex support needs varies for each person. Support needs and goals are directed by the person or their informal supports. Implement safe and effective infection control, identify risk and work within the parameters of your role.They may include and not limited to

• Transport to appointments
• Shopping
• Personal care
• Reading and implementing complex support plans
• Support with social and community connections
• Requirements for complex support such as managing crisis and assisting clients to access their professional networks.

Hours / Days of Work :

Hireup promotes flexibility in agreement with the individual or family you are working with. Hours and days of work will vary and will be dependent on what the client requires. No shift is the same.

Skills Required : Experience in Mental Health, specifically in community services?

The skills required to complete the work will vary depending on the needs of the person seeking support. Importantly we promote connection through interests and hobbies as well as a sound understanding of psychosocial disability. A lived or living experience is highly regarded.

If you have experience in the following areas, support work may be a great career move to consider as your next opportunity : aged care / aged care worker; mental health support worker; personal care assistant; residential support worker; community support worker and community services; social worker; youth worker; nursing / nurse.

Benefits

We truly care for and invest in our support workers. Through employment, training, great pay, and ongoing support, Hireup is committed to delivering the best support possible for people with disability.

COVID-19 response :

Hireup is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to keep our community safe = and supported. For more information on our COVID-19 response, please contact us.