Residential Support Worker - Hope Springs

at  Hope Community Service

• Full time, 76 hours per fortnight located in Walkaway
• Competitive Salary $71,136.00 + $2,000.00 regional allowance p/a
• Salary sacrifice benefits
  HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental ill-health, youth justice issues and socioeconomic disadvantage.
  We have an exciting opportunity for a Residential Support Worker to join the Hope Springs team! The position is full time, working a rotation roster of 4 days on day shifts , 2 days off and followed by 4 days of night shifts

HOPE ACKNOWLEDGES AND WELCOMES DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS AMONGST STAFF AND CLIENTS, INCLUDING CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, AGE, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, INTERSEX VARIATIONS, RELIGION, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELATIONSHIP STATUS.

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Ansume Lane on , quoting Ref No. 1171971.

• Knowledge and promotion of the Therapeutic Community model of recovery for drug & alcohol residential treatment.
• Application and maintenance of Therapeutic Community fundamentals:
• Community as Method
• Staged Approach
• Holistic & Multidimensional approach
• Encounter system
• Knowledge and use of data gathering tools as well as assessment instruments
• Ensure client records are updated and current, using the Client Management System and hardcopy client files where necessary.
• Understanding Social Learning vs. Didactic learning (teacher-centred method of instruction in which teachers deliver and students receive lessons)
• Maintaining accurate client records in various formats, including in the Client Management System
• Understanding the relationship between Belonging and Individuality
• Understanding and Discouraging the “We-They” Dichotomy