Community Support Worker - Assertive Community Outreach Service (ACOS)
Full Time – 40 hours per week
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Would you like to join a team of skilled and committed mental health professionals in supporting our service users/tangata whai I te ora to develop a wide range of skills to support their recovery journey?
Join the Assertive Community Outreach Service (ACOS), an intensive community mental health team based in Pt Chevalier, Auckland.
We aim to provide a responsive service to tangata whai i te ora who require more flexibility and intensity of support to meet their recovery needs.
The Community Support Worker role requires flexibility, initiative, and knowledge of community resources and agencies.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with the clinical team, providing planned support to service users and their families with a focus on recovery principles.
You will have a relevant tertiary qualification, a strong commitment to teamwork, best practice, and the empowerment of mental health consumers.
This is a permanent, full-time role working 10 days per fortnight on a Monday to Sunday roster.
It is expected you would be working one or two weekend days per month, as agreed.
A full and clean driver licence is required.
The successful candidate will have the ability to work collaboratively with ACOS clinicians to enable a range of therapeutic treatment options, case management, and intensive support within the Assertive Community Outreach Service model.
You will be able to provide a comprehensive range of recovery-focused therapeutic mental health support and be able to provide active collaboration, planning, and liaison with other services.
Minimum Requirements:
NZQA Certificate in Mental Health (Level 4)
NZ Driver licence
Minimum two-year experience in a mental health setting
Able to work with electronic clinical records.
For further information about this opportunity, please contact Brendan Porter – Clinical Team Leader on 021 533 792.
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, providing health and disability services to over half a million people living in central Auckland and beyond.
We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, leading the day-to-day running of the health system.
We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care.
We value role modeling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngati Whatua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand.
We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Jade Smith, Recruitment Consultant at ******.
Job details
Job Reference: ADHB22118
Location: North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland
Job type: Permanent Full time
Expertise: Clinical - Community / Public Health - Clinical Support Workers
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