Internal EOI Peer Worker (Community Businesses) Leave Relief
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Job Location:
Marrickville - Australia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Flourish Australiahas an excitingopportunityfor aPeer Workerto join our Community Businesses team inMarrickville for a five week secondment!
The leave-relief position available is:
- Closed Full-time (76 hours/fortnight)from 18 May 2026 - 19 June 2026
- WorkingMonday to Friday
- Based in Marrickvilleworking across our Community Business sites inMarrickvilleSurry Hills Harris Park and North Parramatta
- Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
About the Opportunity
Flourish Australias Community Businesses provide vocational support and training within a commercial environment to people with lived experience of mental health issues. They achieve this goal by tailoring meaningful employment activities that support an employees vocational journey with practical on the job training and a group based learning experience. These vocational activities culminate into achieving the Community Businesses objective of transitioning employees into open employment.
The objectives of our community businesses are to provide a supportive working environment where people can:
- Reconnect gradually with employment and earn an award-based wage;
- Gain or enhance the social skills required to operate successfully as an employee;
- Learn about recovery and how to improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing and plan their recovery journey with support from a peer worker; and
- Gain useful trade or industrial skills and qualifications relevant to future working opportunities.
As aPeer Workerwith 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 self-directed learning information and education.
Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australias largest peer workforces a proven strengths-based 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.
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.
About the Community Businesses
- Social: to create a recovery and reintegration pathway for people with mental health issues through variousemployment activities.
- Economic: to operate the business on a commercially sustainable basis of profitable growth whilstsimultaneously offering employment opportunities for people.
- Product: to provide a range of commercial industry-standard products that meet the expectationsand needs of targeted markets.
- Support: to increase awareness of mental health issues and to encourage businesses to supportthe Community Businesses
For more information on howour Community Businesses provide recovery-focused employment and support please visit our website.
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.
- 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 Frankie Motilal Manager Mental Health & Employment Supports. E:(pleasedo notemail 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.
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