Peer Worker

Flourish Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free Salary Packaging up to $15,?

Salary packaging benefits incl. up to

17.5% leave loading

Flexible working conditions

Career progression and training

Employee Assistance Program

Rainbow Network and YarnUp

Fleet pricing discounts

Employee discounts at retailers

Job summary

Flourish Australia is seeking a part-time Peer Worker to join the Windsor team in Brisbane. Based at Windsor, you will work in the community to support people with lived mental health experiences, helping them reach personal recovery goals.

Role requires a Certificate IV or equivalent or 2+ years in human services, with strong values alignment and commitment to recovery-based practice. Light travel and flexible hours may apply.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV or above in a relevant field or a minimum of 2 years full-time experience in the human services field.
• Personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.
• Willing and able to effectively use lived experience in a respectful manner.
• Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
• Strong understanding and commitment to recovery-based practice.
• Understanding of challenges faced by people with lived mental health experiences.
• Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and data information management systems.

Responsibilities

• Hold recovery and social citizenship conversations to connect with service users.
• Guide and support individuals in their recovery; be strengths-focused and person-led.
• Contribute to decreasing stigma around lived mental health experience.
• Assist people to access activities and opportunities promoting independence.
• Support skill development through self-directed learning and education.

Skills

Lived experience in mental health

Recovery-based practice

Relationship building

Education

Certificate IV or higher in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Data information management systems

Job description

Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams!

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for aPeer Workerto join our Windsorteam!

The position available is:

• Part-time (38 hours per fortnight)
• Based atWindsor
• Working days between Monday and Friday
• Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) equivalent to $40.49-$43.42/hour + Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging

About the Opportunity

As aPeer Worker, you will work in the community to support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to achieve their hopes and dreams. Your personal lived experience of mental health challenges, trauma, recovery and navigating services is recognised as a form of Lived Experience Expertise. You use this expertise intentionally, safely, and purposefully to build relationships grounded in mutuality, shared understanding, respect, and hope. Through authentic connection and values-aligned self-disclosure, you support people to explore their strengths, rights, choices, and self-defined recovery goals, always honouring their roles as the expert in their own life.

On a day to day basis you will:

• Effectively and appropriately hold recovery and social citizenship conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them, support them and build reciprocity, via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience.
• Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused, whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
• Effectively contribute to decreasing stigma and discrimination around having a lived experience of a mental health challenge.
• Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
• Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.

Please note - Successful candidates must maintain an Australian drivers license and proof of comprehensive insurance must be provided when required. You may be directed to use your private motor vehicle in the course of performing your duties when an organisational pool motorvehicle is unavailable.You will receive the Travelling Transport and Fares Allowance when using your private vehicle for work related purposes.

Who we are

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.

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 opento all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the 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 Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.

Selection Criteria

• A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
• A personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.
• Willing and able to effectively, respectfully, and appropriately use your lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.
• Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
• A strong understanding and commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.

Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:

• Level 3 (SCHCADS)on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
• Tax-free Salary Packagingavailable up to $15,900 + additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits such as meals and holiday accommodation
• Generous leave provisions including17.5% leave loading+2 additional days of personal leave +extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave
• Family-friendly andflexible working conditions
• Opportunities forcareer progression,professional development and training such asMental Health First Aid and ASIST
• Employee Assistance Programfor confidential wellbeing support
• Workplace Community Groupssuch as ourRainbow Networkfor LGBTQ+ staff members & allies andYarnUpfor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
• Exclusive personalFleet pricing discountswith our preferred automotive supplier
• Employee discountsat 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a WWCC, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks. All successful applicants will be required to declare any private or secondary employment prior to commencement in line with Flourish Australia's Private or Secondary Employment Policy.