Community Support Worker - Assertive Community Outreach Service (ACOS)

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

· Permanent Position

· 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.

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Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

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 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

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua 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.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

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If you have any queries about this opportunity or accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Jade Smith, Recruitment Consultant at jade.smith@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

Applications close 31st December 2024.

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