General Hands (Warehousing)
Job No:
FLO2269
Location:
Marrickville
Flourish Australia has exciting opportunities for two General Hands to join our Community Businesses team in Marrickville!
About the positions:
- Casual
- Working Monday to Friday (flexible to work around your commitment schedules)
- Exciting hands-on role covering a variety of operational aspects within a busy environment
- Based at our Marrickville Prestige Packaging site
- Attractive hourly rates equivalent to SES Grade 3 $23.23/hr + 25% casual loading
- Flexible opportunity for students or people looking to get into community services
About the Opportunities
A General Hand with Flourish Australia’s Community Businesses is required to work alongside supported employees, acting as a role model for people with diverse levels of skills and expertise. To achieve this, you will be required to ensure that high quality work is carried out efficiently whilst also ensuring supported employee and business service satisfaction.
These are hands-on and diverse opportunities requiring you to complete a variety of work in areas relating to Scanning and Document Management or Driving or Packaging.
For more information about what it means to be a General Hand with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description.
Who we are
Flourish Australia operates social enterprises and community businesses with the purpose of creating sustainable employment, vocational and training opportunities for people with mental health issues. We work in local communities to help people on their mental health recovery journey.
Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island backgrounds, people from CALD and LGBTI communities and mature age candidates.
Aims of the Community Businesses
- Social: to create a recovery and reintegration pathway for people with mental health issues through various employment activities.
- Economic: to operate the business on a commercially sustainable basis of profitable growth whilst simultaneously offering employment opportunities for people.
- Product: to provide a range of commercial industry-standard products that meet the expectations and needs of targeted markets.
- Support: to increase awareness of mental health issues and to encourage businesses to support the Community Businesses.
Selection Criteria
- Ability to work empathetically with persons with a mental health issues or psychosocial disability.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to motivate and assist team members.
- Green Card/White Card (where required).
- Current NSW manual drivers licence.
Desirable:
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
For more information, please contact Domenic Vitalone, Site Manager. E: domenic.vitalone@flourishaustralia.org.au (please do not email applications).
About the Benefits
- Classified at Grade 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) + 10.5% super
- Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
- Opportunities for professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
- Regular supervision (reflective practice), strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
- Access to our free, confidential employee assistance program (EAP)
- Exclusive fleet pricing discounts with Kia Motors
Appointments will be subject to Australian residency/visa, satisfactory National Criminal Record checks, the Working With Children Check and suitable work referees. All successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 vaccination Public Health Orders (where applicable).
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete all the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page, we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.
Interviews to be held ASAP, apply today!