Residential Support Workers

Job No: 14902

Location: Lismore, NSW

About the Organisation

New Horizons is a progressive not-for-profit community based organisation, which has been operating since 1981.

The organisation provides services in supported accommodation, supported employment and aged care for over 1200 people. New Horizons' non-profit commercial packaging service specialises in providing solutions for commercial clients while providing employment for people with a disability.

The organisation's head office is in North Ryde, however services are provided in the Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter, Mid North Coast, Blue Mountains and Northern Rivers regions. New Horizons is growing rapidly, with approximately 520 employees in NSW.

About the Opportunities

New Horizons has exciting opportunities for several Support Workers to join their teams in Lismore. The aim of these roles will be to provide support in two of the organisation's programs including:

• Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI): An innovative program designed to support people with mental illness to live independently. The primary purpose of the role is to provide care to adults living with a mental illness.
• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI): This service supports people with an acquired brain injury to live in their own home in the community. The primary purpose of the role is to provide flexible and appropriate support to continue developing and independent living skills.

About You

To be successful in the Residential Support Worker roles, you will require experience specific to the role:

• To join the HASI team you will have sound knowledge and experience supporting people in the community with mental illness. There are both casual and part time roles available. Shifts for the HASI program will fall between 7:00am and 7:30pm over a six day roster. The casual roles will also be flexible and support with leave coverage and at short notice to cover emergencies.
• To join the ABI team you will have a comprehensive understanding and experience in supporting people with a disability and experience working with people with acquired brain injury. The role available for this program is full time. Shifts for the ABI program's will fall between business hours Monday to Friday, however future weekend work may be required to provide effective and adequate support to the people who are part of program.

New Horizons is seeking empathetic individuals, with extensive experience in disabilities or mental health and complimentary skills in personal support, social and community welfare or similar. These are pivotal 'hands on' roles and accordingly your ability to communicate effectively with vulnerable people, to solve problems, to manage and organise your time efficiently and to build and maintain collaborative relationships. You will need both the ability to work effectively in a small team, and the ability to work unsupervised.

To succeed you will have completed qualifications in either Disability, Mental Health, Social Work, Community Welfare, Community Development or Counselling. You will need general administration abilities and able to demonstrate a basic level of computer literacy, complimented by an understanding of the Disability Service Standards and/or Mental Health Standards will be vital. An enthusiasm for working with people with disability and a genuine desire to help others and improve the quality of life is essential!

Employment in this position is subject to a satisfactory Criminal Record check.

About the Benefits

New Horizons offers a competitive remuneration package and salary sacrifice options. In addition to this full time staff will also receive monthly RDO's and enjoy family friendly work hours, with fantastic working conditions. The organisation truly values its employees, and actively encourages training and further study.

These are extremely satisfying and rewarding roles, and you will finish each working day knowing you have improved the lives of others and truly made a difference within the community!