Suicide Prevention Peer Worker Part Time Safehaven

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Health Full time

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time

**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer Graduate

**Remuneration**: $33.06 - $53.88 per hour plus superannuation

**Hours Per Week**: 19

**Requisition ID**: REQ411990

An exciting opportunity to be a part of establishing and delivering an innovative new suicide prevention program? Be a part of a fantastic and contemporary team, making a difference to people experiencing suicidal distress.

The Alternative to Emergency Department, Safehaven aims to provide people experiencing suicidal crisis rapid access to compassionate care from suicide prevention workers and received support to access appropriate services.

**Where you'll be working**
The SafeHaven is an afterhours drop in program open 5pm - 10pm, 7 days a week located at Kogarah. Evening work is a requirement of the role. Staff will be provided with training, reflective supervision and support to ensure the delivery of a high quality non-clinical suicide prevention program. Staff will be supported to use their knowledge and skills to facilitate education to other staff and community members about suicide prevention.

**What you'll be doing**
- The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is
- **‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. **SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
- The SafeHaven Suicide Prevention Worker (Peer) will provide high quality recovery orientated, trauma informed support to people who use the SafeHaven. The SafeHaven is a suicide prevention program that provides a warm welcoming space for people experiencing suicidal crisis where compassionate care is provided in a non-clinical environment. The SafeHaven aims to provide an alternative to attending an Emergency Department when distressed by suicidal crisis. The SafeHaven is open 5 days a week, Friday to Tuesday, in the evenings. After hours, weekend work and attendance at meetings, supervision and training on Tuesdays is a requirement of the role.
- The SafeHaven Suicide Prevention Worker (Peer) will provide specialist
- ** **person centred and compassionate care to people at risk of suicide and connect people to support services to address their underlying factors contributing to their distress.
- The Suicide Prevention Worker (Peer) will draw on their personal lived experience to provide recovery-orientated and trauma informed peer support for people who attend the SafeHaven. Support may include psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual or group peer support, advocacy, collaborative identification of community support, follow up and support to access other services. The Suicide Prevention Worker (peer) will also be required to work from or liaise with Emergency Department to ensure people in distress where appropriate are successfully linked to the service and that Emergency Department staff have a high awareness of the service.

**_Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing._**

**_ All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW._**

**_ Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations._**

**_ SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply._**
- Personal lived experience of suicidal crisis, and ability to meaningfully and purposefully use lived experience to provide peer support to people at risk of suicide.
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness to successfully complete within 18 months of commencing, including completion of CHCCCS003 module Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide, and willingness to complete other essential training as soon as practical. For Graduate Health Education Officers, additional relevant health degree required.
- Demonstrated experience in using recovery orientated, trauma informed principles and situationa

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