Family & Carer Peer Worker (Part-Time)

Mallee Family Care Inc; Adelaide; Presencial; AUD 14.000 - 17.000; A tiempo parcial

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Salary packaging

Part-time (0.8 EFT)

Fixed-term until 30 June 2028

Descripción de la vacante

Mallee Family Care invites applications for the Family and Carer Peer Worker role in Adelaide. The successful candidate will bring lived experience as a family member or carer, working with families and service users to improve mental health and wellbeing within Mind’s recovery-oriented framework.

Responsibilities include championing human rights, engaging relationally with service users, and supporting co-production across programs while adhering to trauma-informed, anti-racist practices.

Formación

• Role requires lived experience as a family member, carer or supporter of people with mental health or AOD challenges.
• Champions co-production practices and places the service user at the centre of care.
• Willingness to travel and be accommodated overnight when required.

Responsabilidades

• Support families and carers within a recovery-oriented framework guided by Intentional Peer Support.
• Advocate for human rights and provide an alternative to traditional responses through relational work.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure services reflect lived experience and trauma-informed approaches.

Conocimientos

Lived experience advocacy

Educación

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work

Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health / Peer Work / AOD

Descripción del empleo

Mallee Family Care invites applications for the Family and Carer Peer Worker role in Adelaide. The successful candidate will bring lived experience as a family member or carer, working with families and service users to improve mental health and wellbeing within Mind’s recovery-oriented framework.

Responsibilities include championing human rights, engaging relationally with service users, and supporting co-production across programs while adhering to trauma-informed, anti-racist practices.