Mental Health Peer Recovery Worker

Wellways; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible roster

Salary packaging

Meal and Entertainment allowance

Paid parental leave

Leave loading

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Wellways is seeking a Part-time Peer Recovery Worker for the Youth Transitional Care Program in Newcastle. You will support young people to move forward, build confidence and create future goals, drawing on your lived experience of recovery.

You will help with relationship building, safe storytelling, and connecting participants to services, education and community activities. The role requires empathy, energy and a belief in each young person’s potential.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of mental health issues and recovery.
• Understanding of recovery-oriented mental health practice.
• Relevant certificates or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Build trusting relationships with young people and support their goals.
• Facilitate safe storytelling and mutual understanding to support recovery.
• Encourage participation in community activities and Wellways services.
• Contribute to community education on mental health.
• Support an inclusive workplace valuing lived experience and families.

Skills

Lived experience

Recovery-oriented practice

Empathy

Education

Certificate 4 in Mental Health

Certificate 4 in Peer Work

Certificate 4 in Community Services

Job description

Part-time role based in Newcastle West NSW 2302

Join a collaborative team focused on recovery, wellbeing and inclusion

SCHADS Level 3B ($40.49 - 43.42 per hour) + Salary Packaging + Leave loading

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

Peer Recovery Worker - Youth Transitional Care Program
Newcastle

Help young people move forward, build confidence and create the future they want.

Make a real difference every day

As a Peer Recovery Worker with Wellways' Youth Transitional Care Program, you'll draw upon their own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery to engage and empower program participants in their own recovery journey.

Peer Recovery Workers provide positive role models of hope and recovery and share their experiences to assist families; clinicians and the community better understand the participant perspective and facilitate Wellways' peer learning programs.

What you'll be doing

Build trusting relationships with young people and support them to achieve their goals.

Holding safe and purposeful storytelling with people who access services to support and build reciprocity via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience

Encourage and facilitate connection to and participation in a range of natural and community-based activities that support the achievement of recovery goals, including other Wellways services

Participating in the development and delivery of community education in relation to mental health

Contribute to an inclusive workplace that values lived experience and the involvement of participants, carers and families in the work we do

You're passionate about working alongside young people and believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live a fulfilling and connected life. You will work collaboratively with Wellways staff and other services to ensure that participants have access to the supports that they need, when they need them.

Most importantly, you will bring empathy, energy and a belief in the potential of every young person.

You will also need:

Lived experience of mental health issues and recovery as a person with mental health challenges and recovery

A contemporary understanding of mental health issues and recovery orientated mental health practice

Completion of the Certificate 4 in Mental Health, Peer work, Certificate 4 in Community Services, or equivalent practical experience.

Current Car Insurance and Registration

Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check

Satisfactory Police Records Check

Certificate of Completion - NDIS Worker Orientation Module - free online course

Right to Work within Australia and 100 Points of ID

What we will offer you…

Flexible roster with a variety of shifts available

Ongoing training and participant-specific skill development

A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued

Paid Cultural Leave (where applicable)

An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment

Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing

Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum

Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment

17.5% Leave Loading when you take annual leave

Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prio