Senior Peer Worker - Mental Health & Addiction Support

Barwon Health; Australia; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent working conditions

Staff wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Salary packaging benefits

Living expenses cap

Job summary

Barwon Health is seeking Senior Peer Workers to join Barwon Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) across Geelong community and residential settings. You will use your lived experience to support consumers in recovery through individual and group peer work, within a multidisciplinary team.

Positions include part-time appointments ranging from 56 to 64 hours per fortnight, with opportunities to mentor peers, contribute to service development and education, and promote recovery, hope,

Qualifications

• Experience using lived experience to support recovery in a professional peer-work framework.
• Ability to mentor and support other Peer Workers and contribute to service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group-based peer support that promotes hope, choice and recovery.
• Contribute to service development, programs, policy and models of care with a peer perspective.
• Mentor Peer Workers and champion broader understanding of peer work across MHDAS.

Skills

Lived experience in mental health

Peer work experience

Job description

Barwon Health is seeking Senior Peer Workers to join Barwon Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) across Geelong community and residential settings. You will use your lived experience to support consumers in recovery through individual and group peer work, within a multidisciplinary team.

Positions include part-time appointments ranging from 56 to 64 hours per fortnight, with opportunities to mentor peers, contribute to service development and education, and promote recovery, hope,