Suicide Prevention Peer Worker
Suicide Prevention Peer Worker
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Job Description
Job Description:
Role title: Suicide Prevention Peer Worker
Role type: Maximum Term Part Time x 2
Role grade: Health Education Officer (NonGraduate/Graduate)
Department and location: Community Mental Health St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst
Salary: $864.96 $1381.92 Super (Pro Rata)
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest notforprofit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operatepublic and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.
About the role
Provide support in a warm nonclinical environment to individuals in distress or experiencing suicidal crisis offering a muchneeded alternative to busy emergency departments.
Collaborate with suicide prevention peer workers sharing lived experience to create a supportive and empathetic space for individuals.
Connect clients with essential communitybased services such as housing relationship counselling financial assistance drug and alcohol support CALD services and more to address the underlying causes of distress.
Ensure responsive care by operating outside of business hours including weekends and public holidays to offer timely and effective support when its most needed.
About you
Personal lived experience of a suicidal crisis and/or attempt and ability to meaningfully and purposefully use lived experience of suicide to provide peer support to people at risk of suicide.
Qualifications: Completion of Intentional Peer Support (IPS) and Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer) or the commitment to complete within 18 months including suicide safety training (CHCCCS003 and additional relevant training.
Personcentered recoveryoriented and traumainformed approach to supporting individuals at risk of suicide.
Knowledge of the suicide prevention sector including crisis response safety planning risk management and a commitment to recoveryoriented services and lived experience involvement in service design.
Collaborative work skills with service users families/carers colleagues NSW Health personnel and other stakeholders.
Strong communication time management and negotiation skills along with proficiency in Microsoft applications and effective written/verbal communication.
Experience in communitybased health or social support settings familiarity with NSW Health policies and a valid drivers license.
Why work at St Vincents
Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most atrisk people in our community
Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary taxfree
Committed to financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave
About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincents hospital Darlinghurst.
A busy innercity hospital in a beautiful location
Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches
A place of expert clinical care for atrisk people
Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located oncampus
Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
Preemployment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all rolerequired preemployment checks including relevant immunisations.
Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 23rd April 2025
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with the role.
Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information visit https://www.svha/aboutus/reconciliation or get in contact at
View Reconciliation Action Plan
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Employment Type
Part-Time
