Peer Workers

Flourish Australia; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 55.000 - 59.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Level 3 SCHCADS

Tax-free Salary Packaging up to $15,9

Flexible working conditions

Career progression and training

Employee Assistance Program

Rainbow Network & YarnUp

Fleet pricing discounts

Employee discounts at retailers

Descripción de la vacante

Flourish Australia invites passionate Peer Workers to join the Northern Sydney team. These full-time roles (76 hours per fortnight) cover Monday to Friday across the Northern Sydney Local Health District.

As Peer Workers, you will support people with lived mental health experience to pursue recovery goals and build independent lives, guided by values-driven practice. Successful candidates bring lived experience, a strong commitment to recovery-based care, and a current Australian driver’s

Formación

• Essential: Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR minimum 2 years full-time experience in human services.
• Essential: Personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
• Essential: Willing and able to use lived experience respectfully in the role.
• Essential: Alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
• Essential: Understanding of recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• Essential: Understanding of challenges faced by people with lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Essential: Understanding of, and ability to use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
• Essential: Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel in the community.

Responsabilidades

• Hold recovery and social citizenship conversations to connect with people and build reciprocity.
• Support individuals in their recovery and be strength-focused while ensuring they lead their own journey.
• Contribute to decreasing stigma around lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Assist people to access activities promoting independence.
• Support skill development through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.

Conocimientos

Lived Experience

Recovery-based practice

Microsoft Office

Educación

Certificate IV or above in a relevant field

2 years full-time experience in human services

Herramientas

Data information management systems

Descripción del empleo

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

Flourish Australia has an multiple exciting opportunities for a Peer Workers to join our newly establishedNorthernSydneyteam!

The positions available are:

• Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)
• WorkingMonday to Friday
• Working outreach across the Northern Sydney Local Health District
• Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) equivalent to$40.49 - $43.42/hour + Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging!

About the Opportunities

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.

The full position description 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 anorganisational pool motor vehicle is unavailable. You will receive the Travelling Transport and Fares Allowance when using your private vehicle for work related purposes.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

• 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.
• Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence(willingness to travel independently in the community for community-based support)

For further information, please contact Elspeth Cornell, Manager. E:***************@flourishaustralia.org.au(pleasedo notemail applications).

The Benefits

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 Program for 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 discounts at 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.

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.