Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Level 3 SCHCADS rate

Vehicle Mileage Allowance

Flexible working conditions

Career progression and training

Job summary

Flourish Australia invites applications for a casual Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker based in Goulburn. You will work across a rotating roster from Monday to Friday, supporting people with lived experience to pursue recovery goals and improve wellness.

Successful candidates will hold a Certificate IV or have substantial human services experience, and demonstrate commitment to recovery-based practice. A Class C license and insurance requirements apply where relevant.

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 (Peer Worker only).
• Willing and able to effectively use your lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
• Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Hold recovery and social citizenship conversations to connect with people and build trust.
• Guide and support individuals in their recovery, focusing on strengths and ownership of their journey.
• Help decrease stigma around lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Assist people to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
• Support skill development through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.

Skills

Lived experience

Microsoft Office

Recovery-based practice

Education

Certificate IV or higher in human services

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Use your passion for mental health and play a key role in supporting people people to achieve their recovery goals!

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for aPeer Worker or Mental Health Workerto join our dedicated Goulburnteam!

The position available is:

• Casual
• Goulburn based
• Working on across a rotating roster Monday to Friday
• Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) hourly rates equivalent to $40.49 - $43.42/hour+ Super + Casual loading!

About the Opportunity

As aPeer Worker or Mental Health Worker, you will support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people to maintain wellness and realise their goals. 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.

We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey. Therefore, ourPeer Workerroles are for those willing to use their personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.Yourpersonal lived experience of mental health challenges, trauma, recovery and navigating services is recognised as a form of Lived Experience. 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.

It isnota requirement forMental Health Workersto use their lived experience of a mental health challenge in their everyday work.

Full position descriptions for each role can be found below:

Please note - Successful candidates must maintain a Class C 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 to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health challenges 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 (Peer Worker only).
• Willing and able to effectively, respectfully, and appropriately use your lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
• 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)
• Vehicle Mileage Allowance
• Family-friendly andflexible working conditions
• Opportunities forcareer progression,professional development and trainingsuch 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.