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Job Description
Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams!
Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker to join our established Windsor team!
The position available is:
- Closedterm fulltime(76 hrs/fortnight) until August 2026
- Workinga rotating roster
- Based in Windsor
- Level 3on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) equivalent to$37.35 $40.05p/h 11.5% Super TaxFree Benefits!
About the Opportunity
As a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue. You will be required to use this lived experience openly appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people you support that also have a lived experience of a mental health issue.
On a day to day basis you will:
- Connect with support build reciprocity trust and shared experience with people who access our services.
- Guide and support each person in their recovery and be strengths ability and possibility focused.
- Effectively model hope and recovery.
- Ensure that individual support is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services thatmeet their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.
- Encourage shared learning experiences and support skill development at every opportunity through selfdirected learning information and education.
Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australias largest peer workforces a proven strengthsbased approach to mental health recovery. Peer work is a cornerstone of our services with more than half of our workforce having had a lived experience of a mental health issue. By applying personal experience in mental health peer workers can empathise support and inspire people in finding their own path to recovery.
For more information about what it means to be a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia please review the Position Descriptionand the Peer Worker information statement What You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker.
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 motorvehicle is will receive the Travelling Transport and Fares Allowance when using your private vehicle for work related purposes.
Who we are
Flourish Australia is one of Australias 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 persons 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.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
- Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2years fulltime experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia)
- A strong commitment to recoverybased practice in the workplace.
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue and recovery.
- Understanding of and ability to effectively use Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
- A currentAustralian Drivers Licence.
For further information please contact Fiona Murray Manager. E: (please do not email applications)
The Benefits
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:
- Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
- TaxFree Salary Packagingavailable up to $15900
- Generous leave provisions including17.5% leave loadingand2 additional days of personal leave extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year paid parental leave
- Familyfriendly andflexible working conditions
- Opportunities forcareer progressionprofessional development and trainingsuch asMental Health First Aid and ASIST
- Employee Assistance Programfor confidential wellbeing support
- Regularsupervision (reflective practice) ongoing 1:1mentoring strongteam supportand acomprehensive inductionprogram
- Inclusive initiativessuch as ourRainbow Network and YarnUpfor Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
- PersonalFleet pricing discountswith our preferred automotive supplier
- Employee discounts at 400 popular retailers (Woolworths Expedia Myer Kmart etc)
All appointments with Flourish Australias 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 Australias Private or Secondary Employment Policy.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please complete all the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page we encourage you to have your resume uptodate and available before you commence the application.
Applications close 26th May at 5pm. Apply Now!
Employment Type
Full-Time
