Mental Health Peer Worker

2 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Melbourne City Mission Full time

**About the Opportunity**:
This role will be joining the Check-In Community Mental Health team based at Frontyard Youth Services in Melbourne’s CBD. Frontyard offers a dedicated youth homelessness access point, crisis accommodation with 18 beds, wraparound support services ranging from physical health to community connection plus outreach programs spanning Greater Melbourne and Victoria. Check-In was developed in 2017 and has recently been enhanced to respond to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. In partnership with St Vincent’s Hospital - Melbourne (SVHM), this enhanced program aims to ensure no one falls through the gaps of mental health service provision.

The Check-In team aims to:

- Provide early and crisis intervention mental health support to young people aged 12-25 years presenting with complex mental health issues
- Achieve short
- and long-term mental health and social goals with an aim to improve overall health, wellbeing, daily living skills and social connectedness
- Support better integration and transition to acute and non-acute mental health services.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with service providers to facilitate referrals and access to appropriate care in a timely manner

As part of a multidisciplinary Allied Health team, this role will involve utilising your lived experience of the mental health service system and your pathway to recovery to provide support to young people on their own recovery journey. This may include but is not limited to, providing psychoeducation regarding mental health diagnoses and symptoms, exploring, and supporting young people to develop emotional regulation strategies, outreach engagement options, and/or walking alongside young people to rebuild trust in service systems with a view to re-engage with appropriate service systems to address their presenting needs. This role will also encompass informing and contributing to the development of an innovative service that ensures timely, holistic, and positive support to young people, to enhance staff learning, improve service understanding and contribute to the delivery of client-led, strengths focused approach to recovery-based practice.

**About you**:
We are looking for someone who:

- Has a relevant qualification in peer work, youth work, community development or similar and/or experience in peer mental health work
- Has a lived experience of mental health services, preferably in Victoria
- Can provide peer support through sharing their own lived experience to foster hope and inspire young people to engage in support and support planning to achieve their goals
- Has an understanding of the key issues affecting people with multiple and complex needs including mental ill health, homelessness, disabilities, alcohol and other drug issues, health and safety issues and social connection
- Is a committed to strengths and recovery-based, healing oriented practice
- Is passionate about working collaboratively with clients to achieve positive outcomes.

**Benefits of working with MCM include**:

- MCM is a Diversity Council of Australia recognised Inclusive Employer
- Attractive salary Packaging benefits
- High performing environment with a culture of continuous improvement
- Rewards Gateway - Reward, Recognition and Employee Discounts (Bravo)

**Essential**:

- A relevant qualification in peer work, youth work, community development or similar and/or experience in peer mental health work
- A lived experience of mental health services, preferably in Victoria
- Ability to use own life experience to provide support to young people and build their hope for the future
- An understanding of the key issues affecting people with multiple and complex needs including mental ill health, homelessness, disabilities, alcohol and other drug issues, health and safety issues and social connection
- A strong commitment to strengths and recovery-based, healing oriented practice
- Knowledge of homelessness and other community services for young people
- Willingness to undergo professional development and training to support your role
- An understanding of the requirements for ensuring child safety

**Screening Criteria**:

- National Police check
- Working with Children check
- Valid Victorian Drivers license
- Right to Work in Australia

**About MCM**:
MCM is an** inclusive and equal opportunity employer** with a strong commitment to **safety.** MCM embraces differences because we know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain talented people.
We are a leading not-for profit-for-purpose organisation that offer a broad range of services in Early Years, Disability, Homelessness, Palliative Care and Education.

**Our commitment to Diversity**:
At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion helps us to attract, recruit, engage and

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