Welfare Worker - Mental Health
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
Join our team as a Recovery Worker permanent position to work in our community Adult Mental Health Service based in the Clayton HOPE Team at Atherton Road
Centre, Oakleigh.
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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.
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About our Recovery Worker workrforce at Monash Health
Our Recovery Workers are under the Allied Health umbrella and receive support from a dedicated social work team. We are dedicated to fostering a safe and supportive workplace, reinforced by strong professional leadership, reflective supervision, and opportunities for connection through co-reflection, employee forums, and ongoing professional development.
About the Clayton HOPE Team
The Clayton HOPE (Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement) program is a mental health initiative by Monash Health designed to provide intensive support for individuals after a suicidalcrisis or self-harm event to reduce the risk of repeat attempts.This Victoria-wide program, which originated at Monash Health in Clayton, offers up to 12 weeks of support through a multidisciplinary team, including psychosocial support workers, mental health clinicians, and peer workers with lived experience. Services include developing personalised safety plans, psychological support to build coping skills, and connectingindividuals and their families with ongoing community resources.
The model, developed by Monash Health’s Adult Mental Health services at Clayton (Clayton HOPE), comprises five levels of care:
Early engagement and empathetic support (within 24 hours of referral) Assessment of psychosocial needs and suicidal risk (within 72 hours of referral), Construction of a personal safety plan (within 7 days of referral) - Implementation of the personal safety plan and risk management (weeks 2–12) -Discharge and handover to ongoing supports (12 weeks from enrolment)
What sets this model apart is that it has a non clinical focus of care with clinical staff support.
The study reviews the Clayton HOPE program, which operates within Monash Health—Victoria’s largest public health service, serving one-quarter of Melbourne’s population. Prior to the program’s implementation, individuals presenting to the Emergency Psychiatry Service (EPS) or identified by the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT) were typically referred totraditional mental health services.
Clayton HOPE employs an assertive outreach model designed to connect with clients who struggle to engage with conventional services and who require a more flexible approach to care.
About the role
As integral members of our multidisciplinary teams, Recovery workers provides non-clinical care and practical support to individuals for up to 12 weeks following a suicide attempt. The role works under the direction of the HOPE team leader, together with other clinical staff, to support the development, implementation and delivery of a psychosocial support service for consumers as part of the HOPE program.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please contact Bronwyn Dent on 0436032960
Position Description can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 2nd February 2026