Commonwealth Psychosocial Program Access Worker

One Door Mental Health (ODMH) is looking for CPS Access Workers to join our exception team in Parramatta on a fixed term full-time and part-time basis. This is a fixed term opportunity until 30 November 2024 with a possibility of extension.

About One Door

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental health challenges, their families and carers.
Our community creates a safe place that connects people, our services are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our advocacy work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding.

Creating a world in which people with mental health challenges are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

You can read more about One Door Mental Health and our values here.

About the Program

The new Commonwealth Psychosocial program (CPS), is commissioned by Western Sydney Primary Health Network to provide time-limited support to individuals living with severe and persistent mental health challenges to:

• Connect with services
• Receive 1:1 recovery support
• Have access to skill building and recovery focused group support, and
• Receive support to test their eligibility for NDIS.

About the Role

This role delivers supports for people with a psychosocial disability working across Western Sydney LGA’s. The role delivers time limited supports for consumers using a recovery- oriented focus. The CPS Access Worker support consumers to:

• Apply for NDIS,
• Link to appropriate supports.
• Access recovery-focused group activities
• Access recovery-focused individual supports.

For more information on the role, the position description may be viewed here. 

Your skills and experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in mental health, health or welfare degree, or Cert IV in mental health and substantial years of relevant experience or equivalent level of expertise attained through previous appointments, service and study.
• An understanding of the recovery- based approach to assisting people with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Experience with recovery-focused group facilitation.
• Experience working with individuals and undertaking strengths-based assessments, goal setting and action plans.
• Sound knowledge of NDIS access requirements.
• Knowledge of mental health and other services in the community.
• Ability to communicate and explain information in a clear, concise way to the people we support, colleagues, and external professionals.
• Ability to exercise personal responsibility and work as part of a self-organising team, with the support and guidance of the Coach.
• Demonstrated computer literacy to use Microsoft programs and the capability to learn other applications.
• An understanding of the needs of hard-to-reach communities, CALD and Aboriginal communities and the LGTBQIA community.

Additional Details

One Door Mental Health requires all staff to have a Police Check clearance, a current Working with Children’s Check and NDIS Worker Screening clearance and appropriate COVID-19 Vaccination.

One Door Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, Western Sydney Community members, people with lived and/or living experience of mental health challenges, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ community members, and mature aged applicants.

How to apply?

Please click ‘Apply Now’ to submit your application.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the role you may contact Michael Mills on [email protected] using the subject line: Commonwealth Psychosocial Program Access Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join a recognised and respected organisation that is purpose and values driven!