Mental Health and Dual Disability Support Worker

Provide both community-based and residential support, ensuring participants feel safe, respected, and empowered in their daily lives......

We are currently looking for experienced and reliable Mental Health and Dual Disability Support Workers to support a participant in multiple suburbs.

About the Role - Immediate Hire

You will provide both community-based and residential support, ensuring participants feel safe, respected, and empowered in their daily lives.

The successful applicant must be confident working in a structured support environment and be willing to complete participant-specific training before commencing shifts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Personal care and assistance with daily living, personal care, and independence skills.
• Providing emotional, recovery-focused, and trauma-informed support.
• Manual handling and transfers using a hoist.
• Assisting with positive behaviour support implementation under professional guidance.
• Supporting participant safety and comfort in the home
• Following care plans and clinical recommendations
• Bowel care, continence support and catheter-related support, where trained and authorised
• Documentation and progress notes
• Communicating professionally with the care team, family, allied health professionals and management
• Following escalation procedures and reporting any concerns promptly

What We’re Looking For

Applicants must have:

• Experience working with people with Mental health conditions, ASD, psychosocial disability, or dual disabilities.
• Experience supporting people with disability in home or community settings
• Experience with manual handling and hoist transfers
• Willingness to complete training on the participant’s specific hoist and transfer requirements
• A commitment to person-centred care, dignity, and empowerment.
• Ability to follow care plans, risk plans and professional instructions
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Reliability, professionalism and a calm approach
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check (or willingness to obtain).
• Current First Aid and CPR certificate
• Australian driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle
• Right to work in Australia
• Qualifications in Community Services, Mental Health, Disability, or Social Work.

Highly Regarded:

The following experience will be highly regarded:

• A pastoral reference (e.g. from a church pastor, Priest, minister, or faith leader) is preferred.
• Experience with high intensity supports
• Bowel care and enema support experience
• Continence care experience
• Catheter care experience
• Manual hoist experience
• Experience working with allied health recommendations, including OT, physiotherapy or continence nurse plans
• Certificate III or IV in Disability, Individual Support, Mental Health, Community Services or equivalent

About You:

You will be a good fit for this role if you are:

• Respectful, patient and person-centred
• Confident supporting personal care needs
• Comfortable following detailed support instructions
• Reliable and punctual
• Able to work collaboratively with a care team
• Committed to safe practice and participant dignity
• Willing to learn participant-specific support requirements

Locations:

We have shifts available across multiple sites (Own Car is mandatory):
St Albans | Berwick | Cranbourne | Officer | Dandenong | Mulgrave | North Melbourne | Ringwood | Mt Martha | Aspendale Gardens | Footscray | Mt Waverley | Croydon Hills

Pay & Conditions:
SCHADS Award – Level 1 Pay Point 1 (L1P1), plus applicable penalties and allowances.

Why Join Belonging Care?

At Belonging Care, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where every staff member feels valued.

When you join us, you’ll benefit from:

• A supportive team culture – you’ll never be left on your own
• Continuous training & professional development (including Behaviour Support, Mental Health First Aid, and NDIS Practice Standards training)
• Career progression opportunities into Senior Support Worker, Care Manager, or Team Leader roles
• Rewarding, meaningful work where you’ll make a positive impact every day

Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re passionate about mental health, disability support, and empowering people to live their best lives, we’d love to hear from you.