Mental Health Support Worker

📍 Location: Oatlands & Western Sydney Region
🕒 Permanent Part-Time position Max-Term; until June 2026  ( 3 days per week between Monday – Friday | 8am – 4pm )
💼 Program: Commonwealth Psychosocial Support Program (CPS)
💰 SCHADS Level 3 + Salary Packaging

Join our dynamic team in Western Sydney, where we provide essential community-based outreach and recovery-oriented support to individuals aged 16 and over. We work to empower individuals with varying mental health concerns to achieve greater independence and improve their overall quality of life.

Commonwealth Psychosocial Support program, or CPS, helps people living with severe mental illness in the Western Sydney region to access short-term care to improve their wellbeing.

Our specialist team collaborates with participants to develop customised care plans and provide support in individual and group sessions. 

About you in the role

• Deliver individual recovery-based support and help consumers navigate essential services such as NDIS applications, Centrelink payments, and DCJ housing.
• Engage in capacity-building activities and that promote recovery and resilience.
• Support with building knowledge and capacity to improve physical and mental health of consumers.
• Manage your time effectively between community outreach and administrative tasks, ensuring thorough documentation and follow-up.
• Receive guidance and mentorship from a Senior Mental Health Support Worker.
• Demonstrated ability to develop individual support plans with consumers.
• Assist with the monitoring and review of consumer care plans, in partnership with carers/family members/clinicians’/ community organisations as appropriate.

 Essential Criteria

• Minimum Certificate IV in Mental Health or Community Services
• A current full driver’s license and able to use own vehicle for visits (not to transport consumers)
• You have a genuine commitment to supporting individuals on their recovery journey.
• You can effectively engage with clients and collaborate with team members.
• Experience with or a desire to learn about recovery-oriented approaches
• You can identify and respond to potential risks, ensuring the safety and well-being of clients.
• Comfortable with the balance of community work and the administrative demands of the role.

 What we offer:

💰  Salary Packaging – increase your take-home pay
🏋️‍♀️  Fitness Passport – support your wellbeing
🎁  U Rewards – exclusive discounts from leading retailers
📚  Ongoing training – cultural awareness, clinical skills, and more
🚀  Career development – Supportive Environment.  Benefit from regular supervision and mentoring to grow in your role.
🌈  Inclusive culture – diversity is our strength; everyone is welcome

Impactful Work.  Play a vital role in helping individuals achieve their goals and live more independent lives.

Appropriate cultural knowledge and understanding of First Nations history, challenges and protocols is important to deliver effectively in this role. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

If you are passionate about mental health, committed to making a difference, and ready to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you!

Apply, click the Apply button & attach your Resume.

📧 For questions, contact:
Pallavi Bhatia – Talent Acquisition Specialist
✉️ [email protected]

Advert Closes : 11:55pm Sunday 15th June 2025

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks.  

About Uniting: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.