Peer Support Worker
Peer Support Worker
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Job Description
- Part time 45.6 hours per fortnight located in Esperance.
- Competitive Salary $37.35 p/hr super $1.01 p/hr regional allowance Salary packaging benefits (find out more via the AccessPay website on what this means)
- Working weekdays.
- Discounts with a major health insurance provider.
- We offer employees and their family members access to a confidential and professional counselling service.
Other benefits
- Knowing you are making a real difference in your community and being part of a team that celebrates your successes and supports you during challenges.
HOPE has been a provider of community services in Western Australia for over 120 years providing much needed support for people in the areas of alcohol and other mental health justice and family and domestic violence.
The successful applicant will be someone with a personal experience of recovery from addiction and who has been living free from problematic drug and alcohol use for a significant period. To be successful in this application you must also possess the ability to reflect on your recovery journey and identify the strategies youve used and the changes youve made.
* We will not be able to consider your application without your personal lived personal experience relevant to the role being addressed in your cover letter or alternatively please submit a cover letter requesting a call back for a confidential discussion with our Peer Support Lead.
About the Role:
Hope Community Services is introducing Peer workers across our Community Alcohol and other Service.
Peer Workers at HOPE work are valued members of our Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS) teams where they help to connect HOPE with the local community and deliver services.
The Peer Workers responsibilities include:
- Acting as a first point of contact for clients
- Working alongside the participants and the counsellor/educator to identify goals that are important to the participant.
- Supporting participants to connect in the community
- Facilitating support groups
- Keeping records of service delivery using our online client management system
As a Peer Worker you will also be supported to advocate for consumer rights and provide feedback to the Primary Health Networks regarding barriers to services.
About you:
This role requires that you have a past experience of recovery from substance misuse or addiction and are currently living free from problematic drug and alcohol use.
In this role you must be willing to promote participate in and contribute to a supportive team environment. You will also work collaboratively with community members and a range of health professionals including specialists GPs nurses and allied health professionals.
You will need some IT skills to maintain records. Good communication skills are essential for this role and an understanding of the local health system including referral pathways is desirable.
To be successful in this application you must have a solid understanding of personal and professional boundaries and be able to apply them in practice
Appointments will be subject to Australian residency/visa satisfactory National Police check (within 3 months) Working with Children card current C or A class drivers license First Aid Certificate and suitable referees.
Our Culture
Hope strives to provide a safe workplace and promotes progressive policies that prioritise the health safety and unique needs of our team. Hopes ambition is to be an employer of choice by supporting staff to grow learn innovate and achieve their potential. We invest in developing our people to sustain the workforce built on growing our own. Find out more about Hope on our website.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
HOPE acknowledges and welcomes diversity in all its forms amongst staff and clients including culture language race ethnicity age disability sexual orientation gender identity intersex variations religion and socioeconomic and relationship status
Employment Type
Part-Time
