Mental Health Support and Advocacy Worker

Micah Projects is a community based not-for-profit organisation with a vision to create justice and respond to injustice at the personal, social, and structural levels in church, government, business, and society. We believe that every child and adult has the right to a home, an income, healthcare, education, safety, dignity, and connection with their community of choice. Micah Projects provides a range of support and advocacy services to individuals and families.

Home & Healthy is part of the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support program. It is funded by the federal Department of Health through the Brisbane South Primary Health Network to support participants who are experiencing severe mental illness with reduced psychosocial functioning and are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Participants are supported to identify and develop recovery and accommodation goals, to connect with other clinical and non-clinical services and to build their capacity for improving and maintaining their health and wellbeing. Micah Projects is delivering the Psychosocial Support Program in partnership with YFS and IUIH across Brisbane South, Redlands, Logan, and Beaudesert.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Mental Health Support and Advocacy Worker to provide person-centred, recovery focused support to people experiencing reduced psychosocial functioning who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

This is a full-time employment opportunity and Level 4.1 of the SCHADS Award

Key Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of respect, safety, and trauma informed approaches.
• Undertake outreach to meet and complete intake with people who have been referred to the program within 14 days of referral. Where suicide risk or recent attempt is identified, intake is to be completed within 7 days.
• Undertake a CANSAS Needs Assessment with participants at commencement of support and every 90 days following for the duration of the support period.
• Support participants to identify their needs and co-create an Action Plan to achieve goals, using the Critical Time Intervention Model to guide timeframes.

Essential Criteria

• Relevant Human Services/Business/Administration certificate, diploma or tertiary qualification and extensive experience, or a combination of experience, expertise, and competence in providing support and case coordination to people with complex needs.
• Demonstrated engagement and interpersonal skills particularly with those in crisis situations and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
• Demonstrated knowledge of disadvantage, poverty, health inequities, mental illness, homelessness, and complexity in our community.
• Demonstrated ability to use effective communication skills both verbal and written.

More information about the role and to learn more about the key selection criteria, download the Position Description attached below.

For more information, please email hr@micahprojects.org.au using the subject line: Mental Health Support and Advocacy Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Benefits of working at Micah Projects

• Join a well-recognised multidisciplinary organisation;
• Salary Packaging option up to $15,899, increasing your take home pay (additional meals and entertainment card option up to $2,650);
• Access to discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport for you and your family;
• Access to free and confidential Employee Assistance Program;
• Ongoing professional development opportunities, including further training, so you can broaden your horizons and sharpen your skillset during your time with us;
• Access to other employee benefits, including Portable Long Service Leave (QLeave), supply of uniforms, and Flare benefits. 

How to Apply

If you believe that you have interest, passion, and desire to make a difference in people’s lives, please click on the 'Apply Now' button.

Please supply a Resume/CV and a covering letter/email addressing the Key Responsibilities and Essential Criteria (maximum of 2 pages), along with any other relevant documentation.

While the deadline to receive applications is as advertised, applications will be assessed with interviews being conducted as they are received so do not delay in applying!

Micah Projects is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all abilities and life experiences. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

A position description is attached.