**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time

**Location**: Queanbeyan

**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer

**Remuneration**: $28.68 - $42.26 per hour

**Hours Per Week**: 16

**Requisition ID**: REQ384599

**Applications Close**: 27 March 2023

**Interview Information**: Scheduled within 21 days of closing

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here We Are Southern

**What we offer**:

- Flexible work arrangements
- Relocation assistance and short-term accommodation options considered
- Visa sponsorship for select roles
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 10.5% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Queanbeyan enviable lifestyle and affordable property surrounded by an eclectic mix of small towns and villages. With Canberra just a 5-minute drive away, you can enjoy all the attractions of the nation’s capital along with fabulous restaurants. Connect easily and quickly with world through the Canberra International Airport, with the beach and ski fields just 2 hours away. Imagine Rural

**What you'll be doing**

The Consumer Advocate will advocate on behalf of consumers, promote the concept of social inclusion and concept of recovery. The position will also engage with local partner organisations, and assist in the development and delivery of training programs to sustain and support consumers.

**Selection Criteria**
- Personal "lived experience” of being a consumer of a mental health service (Public or private)
- A general understanding of the nature of mental illnesses and the experiences and difficulties faced by those people who experience mental illness.
- A general understanding of the nature of mental health service delivery, including some knowledge of State and national policies and directions for mental health services.
- Good communication skills with the ability to communicate empathically and supportively with mental health service consumers, and effectively with mental health service providers.
- Ability to work alongside mental health professionals in a non-clinical role.
- Effective problem solving skills
- Certificate four in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness to obtain same and basic computer skills.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2020_017
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

All NSW Health workers are required to have received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.

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