Advanced Peer Worker
4 weeks ago
About the role
- The Advanced Peer Worker (APW) Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) Psychiatric Emergency Centre (PEC) will work with people presenting in mental health crisis, and/or their families and carers who are attending RBWH PEC.
- The APW will use their lived experience of mental illness and recovery to facilitate the development, planning and delivery of recovery support to people presenting in mental health crisis, and/or their families and carers who are attending RBWH PEC.
- The APW will use their lived experience of mental illness and recovery, to model recovery strategies to people presenting in mental health crisis, and/or their families and carers who are attending RBWH PEC.
- The APW will use their lived experience of mental illness and recovery to model recovery strategies that enable the RBWH PEC multidisciplinary team to develop a better understanding of the recovery framework to achieve the best outcomes for people admitted to RBWH PEC, and/or their families and carers.
- The APW will work in collaboration with the RBWH PEC multidisciplinary team to facilitate comprehensive assessment, treatment, and care in the context of recovery from a lived experience perspective.
The APW will provide direct support to people presenting in mental health crisis and/or their families and carers whilst at RBWH PEC and in transfer of care, if admitted, to the Mental Health Inpatient Unit.
About you
How we do things is as important as what we do therefore you will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following key technical and behavioural capabilities, knowledge and experience. Within the context of the responsibilities described above under Key Accountabilities, the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following:
Within the context of the purpose of this role and key accountabilities described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following:
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of peer work principles, recovery principles, trauma informed care and strength-based approaches.
- Demonstrated well developed communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain professional boundaries.
- Demonstrated skills in computer literacy.
- Demonstrated ability to advocate for people presenting in mental health crisis.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver wellbeing education programs and groups.
- Demonstrated ability to share lived experience of recovery to assist people presenting in mental health crisis, families, carers and staff to develop their own understanding of recovery.
Benefits when working for us
- Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
- Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
- Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging
**Job ad reference number**: MH552130Close date: Wdnesday 27/03/2024
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