Mental Peer Support Worker jobs

Northern Sydney Local Health District

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Remuneration:
Health Education Officer Non-Graduate $32.77 - $47.39 per hour
Health Education Officer Graduate $37.49 - $59.89 per hour
Hours Per Week: 10
Requisition ID: REQ664467

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working
Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital Mental Health Intensive Care Unit.

What you'll be doing
Peer Workers will use their personal experience and work collaboratively with MHDA teams to support people using MHDA services and further connect them to their preferred supports and services. Peer Workers also have a role in educating clinical staff, and providing representative input into systemic issues and changes through policy development, committee activities, projects and research. This is a non-clinical role.
Peer Workers will receive appropriate training, supervision and support to carry out their roles. Equality and diversity are fundamental to our core beliefs and values. MHDA is committed to fostering an inclusive culture and actively promotes equality and diversity. We welcome people from all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socio-economic classes, religions, disabilities and ages in everything we do.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Hold Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness and commitment to obtain.
• Past or current personal experience using Mental Health and/or Drug & Alcohol related services.
• Able and willing to share aspects of your personal treatment and recovery experience with others, individually and/or in groups, in a safe and effective way.
• Demonstrated ability to build and foster effective working relationships with a diverse range of people, including the people using Mental Health / Drug & Alcohol services, clinicians, managers and community members