Internal EOI Peer Workers
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Job Location:
Marrickville - Australia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Flourish Australia has multiple exciting opportunities forPeer Workers to join our established Surry Hills & Marrickville team.
The positions available are:
- Full-time (76 hrs/fortnight)
- Part-time (60.8 hrs/fortnight)
- Casual
- Working between Monday and Friday
- Working across our Marrickville and Surry Hills sites
- Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
About the Opportunities
As a 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 to maintain wellness and realise their goals. On a day to day basis you will:
- Effectively and appropriately hold crucial conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them support them and build reciprocity via mutual understanding trust and shared experience
- Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths ability and possibility focused whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
- Support the person to make links to the community that meet their recovery wants and needs.
- Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
- Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning information training and education.
- Listen to and support people to create opportunities and activities that meet their interests and goals.
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.
- 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 James Austin 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.
Please note that we may speak with your current Manager regarding your application. Please also ensure that the People and Culture team have all relevant certificates and training attendance recorded on your P&C file as this may be referenced as part of the selection process.
Key Skills
- ISO 27001
- Data Analytics
- Financial Services
- COSO
- Process Improvement
- Accounting
- Visio
- COBIT
- NIST Standards
- SOX
- Internal Audits
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
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