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Community Support Worker, Intensive Community Team (ICT)

  • Auckland
  • Full time
  • Healthcare
  • Posted 2 days ago
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Job Description

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Full Time, Permanent
Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

Would you like to join an enthusiastic, forward thinking team? We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated mental health worker.

The Intensive Community team is an innovative, recovery focused team who are committed to excellent care and the best outcomes for our Service users. We provide assertive community-based interventions for Service users who have high and complex needs within the Counties Manukau catchment area.

As a community support worker, you will be responsible for ongoing support around assessment, within a community setting, to a designated caseload of service users. You will be working closely with a registered health care professional to deliver an integrated and assertive model of mental health care.

In order to be considered for this role, it is essential to hold a Level 4 National Certificate in Mental Health and a full, clean driver’s licence.

Essential:

• Recovery focussed and able to display this from previous work history

• Knowledge of mental illness and treatment interventions

• At least 2 years’ experience in a community setting

• National Certificate in Mental Health Level 4 (compulsory)

• Clean and current full drivers licence

• Strong cultural understanding of Tikanga Maaori and Pacific Islander People

The role is based at 6/17 Lambie Drive, Manukau.

Please apply online by clicking on the “Apply Now” button below.

To review the position description please ''click here'. For more information, please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre at 092760044 ext 58680 or amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.

Job Number: CMH202514747

Applications Close: 29 January 2025

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.