Peer Workers

3 weeks ago

Queanbeyan, Australia Flourish Australia Full time

Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams:
Flourish Australia has multiple exciting opportunities for
Peer Workers to join our
newly established Queanbeyan Mental Health Hub **team

The positions available are:
-
Closed-term full-time ending 30 June 2025
(76 hrs/fortnight):


  • Closed-term part-time ending 30 June 2025
    (60.

8 hrs/fortnight):
-
Working a rotating roster:

-
Based at Queanbeyan:

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Attractive hourly rates equivalent to SCHCADS Level 3
$36-$38.60/hour + 11% Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging**
About the Opportunities:As a
Peer Worker with 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 that meet 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 selfdirected learning, information and education.


For more information about what it means to be a
Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description and the Peer Worker information statement "What You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker".


Who we are:

Flourish Australia is one of Australia's most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.


Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person's experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique.

Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

Selection Criteria:

  • Essential:_
  • A relevant degree OR a Relevant Certificate IV or Diploma with 12months relevant experience OR 2years fulltime experience working in mental health as recognised by Flourish Australia.
  • A strong commitment to recoverybased 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.
  • Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
  • A current Australian Driver's Licence.

The Benefits:

Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:


  • Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018):
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Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900

  • Generous leave provisions including
    17.
5% leave loading and
2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave:

  • Familyfriendly and
    flexible working conditions:
  • Opportunities for
    career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
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Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support

  • Regular
    supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1
    mentoring, strong
    team support and a
    comprehensive induction program
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Inclusive initiatives such as our
Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff

  • Personal
    Fleet pricing discounts
    with our preferred automotive supplier:

  • Employee discounts at 350+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

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