Peer Worker

Open Minds; Lismore; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development

Job summary

Open Minds is seeking a part-time Peer Worker in Lismore, NSW, to deliver person-centred mental health support within Medicare Mental Health Services. You will draw on your lived experience to connect with diverse individuals, promote recovery, and work within a trauma-informed framework.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, maintain accurate records, participate in community outreach, and access ongoing professional development and employee assistance programs.

Qualifications

• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery.
• Current Driver Licence.
• Current Blue Card.
• Current National Police Check.
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or willingness to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Connect and build rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Utilise lived experience to advocate for consumers and the voice of lived experience.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local service providers and community programs.
• Maintain accurate and compliant service records and up-to-date databases.
• Uphold confidentiality and professional boundaries.

Skills

Lived experience

Trauma-informed

Empathy

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work

Blue Card

National Police Check

Job description

Join our multidisciplinary mental health team in the Lismore! While driving high-quality, person-centred care across Open Minds’ Medicare Mental Health Services, our centres offer assessment, triage, warm referrals, immediate and short-medium term support for people with varying levels of need, including those in crisis.

As a Peer Worker, you’ll draw on your own lived or living experience of mental health challenges and recovery to provide compassionate, trauma-informed support. You will assist in generating a holistic view of consumer’s circumstances to better understand the sources of their distress to identify connections and relationships that can best support them. Your unique insights will help foster trust, inspire hope and promote growth, both for our consumers and for you. This is a part-time opportunity, offering the chance to make a meaningful contribution within a supportive and purpose-driven team.

A personal lived experience of mental health challenges and personal recovery is an essential requirement for this role.

Responsibilities

• Connect and build rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations, CALD and LGBTIQA+SB individuals, and those at risk of homelessness or suicide.
• Utilise your lived experience to advocate for consumers and the voice of lived experience.
• Participate in community promotional events and foster strong relationships with local service providers to connect consumers with appropriate support and resources.
• Maintain accurate and compliant service records while supporting administrative functions, including the ongoing maintenance of an up-to-date database of community programs and services.
• Implement knowledge of ethical considerations around confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Salary packaging options up to $15,900 and $2,650 for meal and entertainment p/a of tax-free income.
• 17.5% annual leave loading and access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Competitive pay rates and exclusive discounts at hundreds of leading retailers, travel providers, and service brands.
• In-house ongoing professional development and access to an online learning platform.
• Grow your career your way with opportunities across Vertaview Group, including Mental Health and Youth programs, Behaviour Support and Frontline Support Services.

Requirements

• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and person recovery
• Current Driver Licence
• Current Blue Card
• Current National Police Check
• A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or similar (or willing to obtain)

About Open Minds

Open Minds has delivered mental health services across NSW and QLD for over 114 years, including headspace centres, Medicare Mental Health Centres, universal aftercare, psychosocial programs, and clinical care coordination.

Diversity is Strength. We encourage people from diverse ages, gender, identity, cultural backgrounds and experience including First nations peoples, Cultural and linguistically diverse, LGBTIQA+SB, lived/ peer, mental health experience, to apply for this position.