Peer Worker

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Queensland Health Full time

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role
Through sharing the learnings and wisdom from the personal lived experience perspective:

  • Provide personalised peer support and practical assistance to consumers to inspire hope and the belief that recovery is possible.
  • Utilising lived experience expertise and a trauma informed care perspective of accessing services to advocate with consumers, enhancing their awareness and knowledge to maximise system navigation and reduce power imbalances.
  • Engaging consumers of Continuing Care Teams through targeted conversations to maximise their selfdetermination in their recovery journey.
  • Assist consumers within Adult Mental Health Services, key service providers and nongovernment organisations to develop a better understanding of the recovery framework.
  • Inspire and support consumers through tailored education, information, referrals and support to learn the skills and knowledge to build resilience for mental and physical healthcare needs and to engage in their community.
Our ICARE2 values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health.

Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.


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