Internal EOI Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker to join our dedicated Wollongong team!

The positions available are:

• Part-time (40 hours per fortnight)
• Casual
• Based in Bathurst
• Working Monday to Friday
• Level 3on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)

About the Opportunities

As a Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker you will work in the community to support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people tomaintain wellness and realise their goals. On a day to day basis you will:

• Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people.
• Encourage shared learning experiences and support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning information and education.
• 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.
• Be hands on and involved in direct service delivery.

The difference between the two roles is a Peer Worker is required to use their lived experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery openly appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people they support that also experience a mental health issue.

Peer Workers will also use their lived experience to inform and contribute to staff learning service understanding and delivering person-led strengths focused recovery based language documentation training and actions. As a Peer Worker you will also use your lived experience to work as an advocate on an individual basis and systemically (as required).

It is not a requirement for Mental Health Workers to use their lived experience of a mental health issue in their everyday work.

For more information about what it means to be aPeer Workerwith Flourish Australia please review thePosition Descriptionand the following document onAn Introduction to Peer Work at Flourish Australia.

For more information on theMental Health Workerrole please read thePosition Description.

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.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

• A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
• A strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• A personal lived experience of a mental health issue and recovery (Peer Worker only)
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
• Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australias values.
• Understanding of and ability to effectively use Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
• Maintain a current Australian Drivers Licence.

For further information please contact Rynnette Gentle Manager. E.(please do not email applications)

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 up-to-date and available before you commence the application.