Wellbeing Support Worker (Welfare Worker)

at  Monash Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 65891

• 0.8 FTE Fixed Term Part time Maternity Leave

Monash Health is excited to announce a Wellbeing Support Worker position in the Child & Youth Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (CY-HOPE) Team with the Early in Life Mental Health Service.
The CY-HOPE team provides wellbeing/psychosocial support, peer support and brief clinical support to young people in the 0-18 age range presenting with suicide and self-harm concerns. The Wellbeing Support Worker will work as part of the CY-HOPE team under its governance and support and, as such, will have opportunities to work in a variety of community settings.

ABOUT YOU

What we are looking for:

• Experienced in youth work, mental health support, and/or child and family welfare support.
• Strong values about the central role of the lived experience workforce, wellbeing support, and co-design in mental health service development and delivery.
• Strong values about inclusion and diversity. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Person centred focus, emphasis on providing choice and flexibility. Expected to be enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively, able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Be autonomous in work organisation and time management. Be adept in problem solving and is a solution focused person.

The Wellbeing Support Workers are the key workers for the young people in the CY-HOPE Team. They carry a caseload of 10 young people and provide non clinical psychosocial support to young people and their families. This may include supporting engaging with friends, family, school, community programs, developing independent life skills, as well as liaising with and supporting referrals to other mental health supports and/or family support services.
They work alongside the mental health clinicians, peer workers and consultant psychiatrist in the CY-HOPE Team to provide a meaningful approach to care that assists the young person to stay safe and connect with essential services in the first 12 weeks following discharge from hospital after a suicide attempt or a suicidal crisis.
This is a fixed term part-time role (0.8 EFT – 4 days per week) for 12months, working across Monash Health sites and providing outreach support as required.