Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer

1 month ago

Greater Adelaide SA, Australia Sonder AU Full time

Posted: 06/11/2024

Closing Date: 20/11/2024

Salary: $73,795.28 - $79,135.16

Job Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Kaurna Country, Sonder & headspace Onkaparinga

Job Category: Healthcare & Medical

**Who are we?**

headspace is Australia’s leading youth mental health organisation, providing a range of comprehensive services for young people aged 12 - 25 years. headspace centres act as a one-stop-shop for young people who are seeking support with mental health, physical and sexual health, work and study, or alcohol and/or other drug use.

Sonder is the lead agency of headspace Adelaide, headspace Edinburgh North, headspace Marion and headspace Onkaparinga.

**What benefits can we offer?**

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

- Salary (excluding super) paid above award and reviewed annually
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development allowance provided yearly
- Generous salary packaging options - increase your take home pay by 6-12%
- 17.5% Leave Loading
- Modern and welcoming office spaces
- Christmas Closure Bonus Leave (above annual leave entitlements)
- Training opportunities
- Meal & entertainment allowances
- Paid parental leave, and much more

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

**Hours**:This role is part time (0.4FTE)

**Location**:headspace Onkaparinga
- *This position is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Identified position and is exempt under the Equal Opportunity Act (1984). The position will only be open to those who identify as of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent*_

**About the Role**:
The headspace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer Practitioner will work as part of the headspace team at headspace Onkaparinga.

The headspace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer Practitioner will utilize their personal experience of social-emotional wellbeing difficulties to provide culturally-safe peer support to young people with wellbeing challenges.

This will involve the worker safely sharing their own recovery story/journey with others, offering hope and practical strategies for social and emotional wellbeing recovery. They will draw from a strengths-based recovery orientated model of care and act as a role model towards recovery for young people. In addition, the Peer Practitioner will work collaboratively with headspace staff.

The headspace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer Practitioner will assess young people’s health and wellbeing needs; collaborate on care plans; and provide non-clinical support to clients, such as referrals, advocacy, and support to develop coping strategies. The headspace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer Practitioner will also encourage help-seeking behaviour in young people through planning and delivering a range of youth and community engagement strategies, including facilitating group programs, community education in schools or other community agencies, and relevant community events.

The headspace Onkaparinga centre will support the Peer Practitioner to undertake accredited training (Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or an equivalent course of study), including meeting course fee costs. The worker will also be supported to participate in workshops and cultural mentoring and Lived Experience supervision sessions.

**Experience Requirements**:

- Demonstrated experience working within a fast-paced environment.
- Experienced social-emotional wellbeing difficulties and has experience of recovery.

**Qualification and Other Requirements**:

- Knowledge and experience in using the Microsoft suite of software and databases.
- You must be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person with a lived experience of social and emotional wellbeing concerns and recovery
- Certificate IV in Mental Health / Peer Work or equivalent or willingness to obtain
- Valid Department of Human Services (DHS) Working with Children Check (previously known as ‘Child-Related Employment Screening Clearance’).

**How to apply**:
Applications close 20/11/2024

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