Advanced Carer Peer Worker

Queensland Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible work arrangements

Salary progression

Superannuation 12.75%

Salary packaging

Job summary

Metro North Health's Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HiTH) team at The Prince Charles Hospital is seeking an Advanced Carer Peer Worker. Using your lived experience as a mental health carer, you will provide recovery-focused peer support, advocacy and guidance that empowers consumers and families throughout their mental health journey.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support recovery planning, advocate for consumers and carers, and facilitate education and support

Qualifications

• Provide peer support and share lived experience to promote recovery, wellbeing and positive outcomes for consumers.
• Support consumers to identify strengths, develop recovery goals and participate in recovery and safety planning.
• Advocate for consumers, families and carers while providing practical assistance and support throughout the recovery journey.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to promote recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
• Deliver and support lived experience education, health promotion activities and service improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support and share lived experience to promote recovery, wellbeing and positive outcomes for consumers receiving Hospital in the Home services.
• Support consumers to identify strengths, develop recovery goals and participate in recovery and safety planning.
• Advocate for consumers, families and carers while providing practical assistance and support throughout the recovery journey.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to promote recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
• Deliver and support lived experience education, health promotion activities and service improvement initiatives within MH HiTH.

Job description

Join the Mental Health Hospital in the Home team as an Advanced Carer Peer Worker, using your lived experience as a mental health carer to provide recovery-focused peer support, advocacy and guidance that empowers consumers and families throughout their mental health journey.

About the role

The Advanced Carer Peer Worker works within the Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HiTH) multidisciplinary team at The Prince Charles Hospital, providing peer support, reassurance and practical assistance to consumers receiving care through the service. Drawing on lived experience as a carer of a loved one with mental ill-health, the role promotes hope, recovery and wellbeing while supporting consumers and their families throughout their recovery journey.

The successful candidate will use their lived experience to support recovery planning, advocate for consumers and carers, facilitate education and support activities, and collaborate with clinicians and community organisations to enhance recovery-oriented care. The role also contributes to service improvement, health promotion, consumer feedback initiatives and the ongoing development of lived experience practices within Metro North Mental Health.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provide peer support and share lived experience to promote recovery, wellbeing and positive outcomes for consumers receiving Hospital in the Home services.
• Support consumers to identify strengths, develop recovery goals and participate in recovery and safety planning.
• Advocate for consumers, families and carers while providing practical assistance and support throughout the recovery journey.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to promote recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
• Deliver and support lived experience education, health promotion activities and service improvement initiatives within MH HiTH.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED