Multiple Positions Available
SACS Level 2 - Casual
Multiple Locations

Skylight Programs deliver a range of recovery oriented community mental health services by working alongside people experiencing mental illness, family and friends who care for them, and the broader general South Australian community.

Skylight is keen to recruit Support Workers capable of providing individualised support to participants in the Adelaide metropolitan areas. Shifts are across various times during the day and include weekends.    

The successful applicants will have:

• Certificate III Individual Support (Home and Community) and/or knowledge and skills gained through work experience commensurate with community mental health service
• Sound knowledge and awareness of mental illness (ideally psychosocial disability) and related comorbidities and the associated impact on individuals, carers and the community
• Smartphone with internet capabilities
• Current SA Drivers Licence and willingness to use own vehicle
• DHS Working with Children check and Disability clearance
  

To be considered, please address the following questions in
a maximum of one page, together with a cover letter and your resume:

1. Describe what skills you believe to be most important when delivering support to participants in the community.
2. Describe how you work through challenges and how you feel this would impact support given to participants.
3. Provide any example(s) of how you would create positive connections with participants across a broad range of age groups, backgrounds and interests.

To view a Job Description please click here

Skylight is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and values the experience and skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
 
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged.

This recruitment is open and ongoing. Applications to be sent to recruitment@skylight.org.au

Multiple Positions Available
SACS Level 4: 0.6 - 1.0 FTE
Contract to 30th June 2023

At a time of major development in the sector, we are looking for energetic, flexible, adaptable and responsive staff. Skylight is seeking individuals from diverse backgrounds to support our growing Support Coordination services.

Skylight programs deliver a range of recovery-oriented community mental health services by working alongside people experiencing mental illness, family and friends who support them, and the broader general South Australian community.

Skylight is recruiting for a number of vacancies across various areas of Service Delivery, including NDIS services of Support Coordination. With a focus on service delivery, we also have project work, customer service opportunities, and various coordinating/administrative duties.

Are you passionate about working in a friendly and motivated team? Do you have experiences in rehabilitation counselling, education, nursing/medical, Autism? Are you looking for a career change?

If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply.

The successful applicant will ideally have:

• Motivated to meet targets, work collaboratively in a team, and work in a field where there is always something new to learn?
• Demonstrated experience with NDIS Support Coordination highly desirable
• Knowledge of the NDIS desirable
• Excellent high-level communication skills including verbal, written and interpersonal
• Can work creatively to find positive outcomes
• Current DHS Working With Children check and Disability clearances

We may be able to match work with your skillset and availability. We offer excellent salary packaging opportunities and an innovative and supportive work environment.

Skylight values lived experience and peer-led programs; applications from persons with a lived experience of mental illness are strongly encouraged.

Successful applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate DHS Screening checks.

To Apply:

To be considered, please address the following questions in a maximum of one page, together with your cover letter and your resume:

1. Describe the skills, knowledge and attributes you believe to be most important when delivering support services to participants who engage with Skylight.
   
   
2. Please describe an example of when you have worked in a dynamic environment which required teamwork, administrative skills, agility and quick responses to clients’ needs.
   
   
3. The NDIS Support Coordinator is responsible for autonomously managing their time to support participants to meet their goals. Please describe your experience with similar responsibilities within a mental health environment, and what you consider is most important in this part of the role.

Skylight is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and values the experience and skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged.

If you have any questions about the role please email Matt Driver on matthewd@skylight.org.au

SACS Level 5: 0.8 FTE
Contract to 30th June 2022
Generous salary packaging available

Skylight Mental Health is looking to recruit a Counsellor to work as part of a multidisciplinary mental health team to assist in the development, delivery and evaluation of high-quality therapeutic services. The Counsellor position may be required to work some after-hours until 9pm. The role is classified as a SACS Level 5 – 0.8fte and Maximum Term Contract until 30 June 2022. The role will be based at Skylight metropolitan sites.

Under the general direction of the Team Leader or delegate, the Counsellor will contribute to a collaborative and flexible team culture, to build and maintain respectful and compassionate relationships with program participants.

The successful applicant will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work and a minimum of two years supervised experience in counselling or therapeutic mental health services
• Excellent high-level communication skills including verbal, written and interpersonal
• Demonstrated ability for self-reflection and self-awareness
• Demonstrated ability to use therapeutic interventions and use appropriate tools
• Knowledge of and alignment with Person-Centred, Trauma-Informed, and Recovery-based approaches
• Current SA Drivers Licence; DCSI Working With Children check and DCSI Disability Clearance Employment Screening
• A current and full registration to either ACA or PACFA

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We would like to hear from applicants able to meet the skills, knowledge and experience required. Please distribute through your teams and networks.

For more details or enquiries, please contact: Merel van Kalkeren at (08) 8378 4100 or merelk@skylight.org.au

To be considered for the role, please answer the 3 questions below on a maximum of 1 page, together with a cover letter and your resume:

1. How do you demonstrate trauma-informed practice in your work?
2. Please describe a time where you were part of a rapidly changing work environment, and how you managed this.
3. Please give us an example of a time when your personal values were in conflict or contrast to those held by your client. What was the impact on you? What actions did you take (if any)?

Skylight is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and values the experience and skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged.

Applications via Seek or to recruitment@skylight.org.au by 5pm 3^rd March 2021