Consumer Peer Support Worker
3 weeks ago
Consumer Peer Support Worker
Permanent, Part Time
Adult Inpatient Unit, Box Hill Hospital
Join one of Melbourne’s largest public health services
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health and wellbeing, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.
Are you a person with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery and passionate about supporting others in their recovery journey from inpatient services to community?
An exciting opportunity now exists for a Consumer Peer Worker with Eastern Health’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Program.
Through sharing wisdom from their own mental health experiences, peer support workers provide support and inspire hope in the recovery journey of people accessing acute inpatient services.
The goal of this position is to provide tailored support to people in the discharge planning and post discharge periods to minimise the risk of unplanned re-admission to a psychiatric inpatient unit and to establish or re-establish meaningful connections in the community.
You will work collaboratively with consumers, families and staff to assist in identifying needs and providing support. You will need to be able to reflect on your own mental health lived experience and be willing to utilise your experience to mentor and coach others to inspire hope, choice and self-determination. Using peer support you will assist and empower consumers to make informed choices about their recovery with an emphasis on building on strengths and seeking or maintaining connections, following a mental health inpatient admission.
As a peer support worker, you will receive the following additional benefits:
Participate in Intentional Peer Support peer training
Regular consumer perspective supervision
Support from an existing team dedicated to promoting the voice of lived experience.
About you
**To be successful in this role you will have**:
Lived experience as consumer who has accessed public mental health services.
Understanding of mental health peer support principles and ability to use peer support to provide hope, connection and a belief in recovery.
Able to build successful working relationships with a range of clinical staff.
Understanding and appreciation of the principles of recovery, including social connectedness, holistic care provision and peer based examples of wellness and trauma informed care.
Ability to work as a peer worker in a challenging environment.
Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
Diverse and engaging career opportunities
Friendly & supportive team
Flexible working hours
Salary packaging options
Career progression in our teaching hospitals
Next Steps
**Please note**:
Eastern Health is a child safe organisation, committed to promoting the wellbeing and cultural safety of Aboriginal children, children with disabilities and all children in their diversity.
Eastern Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that welcomes and values all people. We recognise that diversity is essential in ensuring Eastern Health provides the best service to its consumers.
**Values in Action**: Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day
Selection Criteria
**Essential**: Lived experience as a person who has been a consumer of public mental health services
**Essential**: Understanding of mental health peer support principles and ability to use peer support to provide hope and a belief in recovery.
Contact Person
Sam RYAN
Contact Number
(04) 3436 0614
Alternate Contact Person
Trinity Ryan
Alternate Contact Number
(04) 5754 4089
Closing Date
14/08/2023
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