If you’re passionate about mental health recovery and want flexible, meaningful work close to home, we’d love to hear from you. We can offer you:

- Kempsey location – work close to home

- Flexible shifts: days, nights, weekends

- Meaningful work supporting mental health recovery

- Pathways into part time roles

About the role: Our Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) Plus program supports people with severe mental health conditions to live and participate in the community. We assist up to 10 participants live in their own self-contained accommodation located on one site. In this role, you will be supporting them to live independently by helping with daily living, appointments, routines, and building confidence.

Location and hours: Staff in the program work both in the community and at the site in Kempsey. This program runs 24/7, so you’ll have access to a range of shifts (including nights and weekends), allowing you to build a roster that suits your lifestyle. To ensure consistency of service for our participants, we are looking for people who have availability to work a minimum of least 3 to 4 shifts a week.

About you: Selection criteria:

1. Certificate IV in Community Services or Mental Health or higher tertiary qualifications

2. Driver's Licence, Criminal Record Check, Working with Children Check, and First Aid certificate.

3. Availability to work a variety of shifts including active nights, sleepovers and weekends

4. Computer literate with capacity to support others to access technology, use apps and input data to our database

5.



Experience supporting people with complex mental health needs

6. Understanding of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice

7. Knowledge of local services in the Kempsey region

Find out more: For a Position Description visit www.buttery.org.au/employment-opportunities For any other queries, please email ••••@buttery.org.au.

The pay rate is SCHCDS Level 3 + penalties (This is approximately $48+/hour inc. casual loading)

How to apply: Please email your resume and cover letter to ••••@buttery.org.au

In your cover letter, we encourage you to address each of the selection criteria listed above by using each one as a heading, followed by a short paragraph. This approach will help us clearly understand how your experience aligns with the role. To give your application the best opportunity to progress, please ensure each of the criteria is addressed individually in this way.

Applications close: We will be processing applications as they arrive and will make offers as soon as a suitable applicant is found.

What’s in it for you:

We support our staff with generous work conditions and advantages. The Buttery’s reward package includes:

· Training and career development opportunities





· Access to external clinical supervision for direct service staff.

· 24/7 Employee Assistance Program includes access to an online wellbeing platform and financial and legal advice, free to staff and their immediate family.

· Salary packaging benefits allow a 6-12% increase in take home pay. Staff receive an ATO approved incentive and can access 15,899 of tax-free salary to pay a mortgage, rent, loan, credit care or school fees.

· A $2,650 meal and accommodation card.

· The ability to package computer, phone, or novated vehicle lease costs.

· Internal opportunities to transfer and work in other programs.

About us: The Buttery is a not-for-profit charitable organisation established in 1973.Through residential and community-based programs, we specialise in the treatment of alcohol and other drug dependence and mental health conditions. Our programs are evidence-based, best-practice and informed by the latest research into recovery. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we consistently work to improve the lives of the people we support. We operate from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie across Bundjalung, Githabul, Gumbaynggirr, Yaegl, Dunghutti and Birpai lands.

The Buttery recognises the benefits that diversity and inclusion bring, and encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and CALD and LGBTIQA+ community members are encouraged to apply. We are proud to have active RAP and Rainbow groups.

📌 Mental Health Support Worker (Kempsey)
🏢 The Buttery
📍 Kempsey