Lived Experience Peer Support Worker

1 week ago

Box Hill North, Victoria, Australia Eastern Health Full time
2 X Lived Experience Peer Support Worker

Fixed term, Part Time, 40 hours a fortnight

Location:
Box Hill

Benefit of your department and ongoing professional development opportunities will be provided

Turning Point & Eastern Health


Turning Point is a national treatment, research and education centre that provides leadership in the alcohol and drug, gambling and mental health sectors in Victoria and beyond.

Combining innovative research in the clinical, population health and policy fields, with service innovation, surveillance, system enhancements, capacity building and specialist support, Turning Point assists services, communities and the Victorian government to respond to current and emerging alcohol and drug and gambling issues.


Turning Point is part of Eastern Health, the largest public health provider in the eastern suburbs, providing a comprehensive range of high quality acute, sub-acute, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care and community health services.

About the role


Under the guidance and support of the Clinical Lead, role of the Lived Experience Peer Support Worker will be to provide face to face and telephone support to Turning Point Eastern Treatment Service (TPETS) consumers.

Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, the Lived Experience Peer Support Worker will use their own lived experience of substance use or addiction and recovery to provide emotional support, focus wellbeing, and promote choice, self-determination and greater opportunities for consumers to be heard and their experiences validated.

The Lived Experience Peer Support Worker will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and establish strong, effective working relationships within the proposed pathway.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

  • To be successful in this role you will possess: (examples below)
  • Lived experience of substance use and/or mental distress who has accessed public AOD and/or mental health services.
  • Understanding of AOD/mental health peer support principles and ability to use peer support to provide hope and a belief in recovery.
  • Understanding and appreciation of the principles of recovery, including social connectedness, holistic care provision and peer based examples of wellness.
  • Willingness to undertake training including, but not limited to, Intentional Peer Support and SHARC peer worker training.
  • Understanding a strengths based model of recovery.
  • Demonstrated understanding and empathy of the broad impact of AOD and mental distress on consumers and carers/families.
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team including ability to express own viewpoint and respect the views of others.
  • Understanding of the need to be sensitive to the needs of people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait people, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people.
  • Effective communication skills.
Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.

An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here

Diverse and engaging career opportunities

Friendly & supportive team

Flexible working hours

Salary packaging options

Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Applications will be screened upon receipt

Next Steps

Please note:


Eastern Health is a child safe organisation, committed to promoting the wellbeing and cultural safety of Aboriginal children, children with disabilities and all children in their diversity.

Eastern Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that welcomes and values all people. We recognise that diversity is essential in ensuring Eastern Health provides the best service to its consumers.

Values in Action:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

Selection Criteria

Essential:
Please refer to attached PD

Contact Person
Teddy Sikhali

Contact Number

Closing Date
08/09/2023

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