Part-Time Youth Peer Worker (Lived Experience) - Flexible Hours

Gateway Health; Albury City; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Flexible hours

Laptop and mobile phone

Paid parental leave

Fitness Passport

Professional development

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Cultural leave flexibility

Annual flu vaccination program with/at

Job summary

Gateway Health is seeking a part-time peer support worker in Wodonga to help young people maintain wellbeing and recovery, drawing on lived experience with mental health and substance use challenges. You’ll work in a supportive team providing empathic listening, practical assistance, and information, with a focus on non-clinical support and youth engagement in a community health setting.

Permanent terms: part-time temporary 60.8 hours per fortnight until 31/12/2027, under the Social and

Qualifications

• Lived or living experience of mental health challenges, psychological distress, mental illness, or substance use issues.
• Minimum two years’ experience demonstrating ability to utilise lived or living experience to support others whilst maintaining own wellbeing.
• Experience designing, delivering and evaluating programs within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide non-clinical peer support to young people to help maintain wellbeing and recovery.
• Offer empathic listening, practical assistance and information to youth.
• Work within a supportive team environment in a community health setting.

Skills

Lived mental health experience

Empathic listening

Peer support

Education

Qualifications in Peer Work/Peer Support/Mental Health/Youth Work or equivalent

Job description

Gateway Health is seeking a part-time peer support worker in Wodonga to help young people maintain wellbeing and recovery, drawing on lived experience with mental health and substance use challenges. You’ll work in a supportive team providing empathic listening, practical assistance, and information, with a focus on non-clinical support and youth engagement in a community health setting.

Permanent terms: part-time temporary 60.8 hours per fortnight until 31/12/2027, under the Social and