Youth Peer Support Worker Hep

2 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Alfred Health Full time

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- Are you a young person with a lived experience of mental health challenges? Join the Youth Program Team at headspace Early Psychosis at Bentleigh to act as a recovery champion for young people._
- ** Permanent, Part-time (3 days per week)**:

- ** Based in Bentleigh, with some travel required**:

- ** Exciting role specifically for young people who have lived experience of mental health challenges**:

- ** Frequent professional development opportunities**

**WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU**
- Great team culture
- Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
- Work-life balance

**ABOUT US**

**headspace Early Psychosis** is an innovative and comprehensive youth early psychosis program being delivered through one program in each Australian state. Through this initiative, young people and their families have timely access to comprehensive evidence-based early psychosis services. This program aims to intervene early with young people who have unusual sensory experiences and/or beliefs and their families and supporters. The service builds on strengths and resilience, uses the wisdom of lived experience and fosters hope, potential, and recovery.
- Bentleigh headspace Early Psychosis is a dynamic team, seeking to work differently with young people and their families in the area. We value collaborative work and therapeutic interventions. We have a strong and inclusive team culture that seeks to develop staff and improve outcomes for the people we care for._

**WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING**

As a Youth Peer Worker, you will draw from your own lived experience of mental health challenges to act as a recovery champion within the headspace Youth Program team and across our services. In this role, you will be responsible for providing one-to-one support to young people. **Please note this is not a clinical role.**

As a Youth Peer Worker, you will also work with and alongside clinical teams. Whilst youth peer workers are not clinicians, they are a much valued part of our team. Our Youth Peer Workers have a key responsibility to help inform our service design and delivery. In this context, sharing insights that are drawn from your own lived experience may be really important in enabling another staff member or team to develop an understanding of a person’s situation or how we may be working and the potential impact of this on a young person’s experience.

**WHAT YOU’VE GOT**
- Lived experience of mental health challenges as a young person (12-25 years) and experience of utilising mental health services in your own recovery
- Recognition and understanding of your own personal recovery process (including tools and strategies) and the ability to use this to appropriately share your story with purpose to support others
- Confidence to advocate for yourself and young people in a clinical environment
- Australian working rights
- Full Covid-19 and 2024 Influenza vaccinations
- Current Victorian Driver License
- Current Working with Children Check or willing to obtain one, and be willing to undergo a Background Check

**WHAT YOU’LL GET**
- Relevant training (e.g. Peer Support, group facilitation, Open Dialogue)
- Regular peer supervision and line management supervision
- Support from the Youth Program team dedicated to promoting the voice of lived experience within the Alfred's Infant, Child & Youth services

**OTHER BENEFITS**
- Access to salary packaging, discounted health insurance and banking
- Great work-life balance
- Located close to public transport, shops and cafes

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the **APPLY** button, including your cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria, and your resume.

**For more information regarding the position please contact Jessica Anson on ph: 0437 863 358.**

**Applications Close: 11pm AEST, Monday 11th November 2024**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

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