Family Peer Worker

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Full time

Clinical Other Melbourne Part-time

15/11/2024
- Parkville location | Close to public transport, onsite parking
- Part time ongoing position | (0.6-0.8 FTE)
- Access to NFP salary packaging | Join a multidisciplinary team

Your new job

The Family Peer Worker (FPW) will work within Orygen Recovery’s (OR) multidisciplinary team. This position will use their lived experience as a family member/carer/supporter of a young person to support families of young people admitted to the Orygen Recovery services. Drawing on their own lived or living experience, the FPW provides support, information and psychoeducation, empathic listening and connection.

Reporting to the Youth Wellbeing Discipline Lead, you will:

- Provide empathetic, recovery-focused support and psychoeducation to families of young people, using personal lived experience.
- Offer drop-in and appointment-based support via face-to-face, phone, or video for families at Orygen Recovery.
- Collaborate with the team to organize family-inclusive events, workshops, and information sessions.
- Advocate for family voices within the team, linking families to other relevant services, including mental health and AOD supports.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with health and welfare agencies to promote family engagement in planning and evaluation activities.
- This role will work a rotating roster across 7 days._

What you’ll need

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

- Lived experience of supporting a young person who has experienced significant mental ill health, who is not currently a client of an Orygen led headspace centre or of Orygen.
- Experience of supporting a young person who has accessed a Youth Prevention and Recovery Centre or similar residential program is desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to use your lived or living experience to support others in a recovery focused way.
- Capacity to problem solve effectively, engage and work creatively to engage families.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to communicate warmly and effectively with families, liaise, build relationships and partnerships, consult and discuss with a wide variety of stakeholders.

What you’ll get in return
- Salary between $66,018 - $72,045 (SCHADS 2) pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11.5% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 & $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Make a real impact on young people and their families/support networks in a dynamic, youth-centered environment.
- Engage in innovative projects alongside passionate professionals across various disciplines.
- Experience a workspace that was thoughtfully created with input from young people, promoting a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere.

Orygen - leading the revolution

Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.

Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.

Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.

At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.

Join the revolution

For more information and to review the position description, please follow the link

This is a part time (0.8 FTE) ongoing position.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.


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