Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker

1 week ago


Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia Flourish Australia Full time

Use your passion for mental health and play a key role in supporting people people to achieve their recovery goals*:
Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a
Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker to join our
Batemans Bay **team

The position available is:
-
Full-time (76 hrs/fortnight):

  • Working
    Monday and Friday:
-
Based in Batemans Bay:

-
Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement equivalent to
$ $38.60p/h + 11% Super + Tax-Free Benefits

About the Opportunity:


As a
Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker, you will 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:

  • Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people.
  • Encourage shared learning experiences, and support skill development at every opportunity through selfdirected learning, information and education.
  • 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.
  • Be 'hands on' and involved in direct service delivery.
We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey.

Therefore, our
Peer Worker roles are for those willing to use their lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.

You will use your lived experience to inform and contribute to staff learning, service understanding, and delivering person-led, strengths focused, recovery based service.


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".

For more information on the
Mental Health Worker role, please read the Position Description.

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 Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2years fulltime experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
  • A strong commitment to recoverybased practice in the workplace.
  • Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
  • Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia's values.
  • Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
  • Maintain 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)
-
Tax-free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900

  • Generous leave provisions including
    17.
5% leave loading + 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
-
Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
-
Inclusive initiatives such as our
Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff

  • Exclusive personal
    Fleet pricing discounts
    with our preferred automotive supplier:

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


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