Consumer Peer Support Worker

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Northern Health Australia Full time

**About Northern Health**:
As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be

**The Role**:
An exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic individual/s to join Broadmeadows Adult Inpatient Unit (BIPU) as a Consumer Peer Support Worker at Northern Health.

This role will provide peer support to the consumers admitted to BIPU by utilising their own lived/living experience of mental health challenges and/or accessing mental health services. They will work closely with the BIPU multidisciplinary team and leadership to embed peer support at BIPU by providing one on one and group support to consumers, supporting and developing peer-led programs, and enhancing consumer participation within BIPU programs.

**To be successful in this role you will**:

- A personal lived/living experience of mental health challenges and accessing mental health services, and be willing to share this lived experience in a peer support capacity;
- Have a desire to connect and support the journey of other consumers;
- Be a role model to other consumers that inspires and empowers them to take positive steps towards their own wellbeing and recovery;
- Well-developed engagement and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with consumers, carers and service staff;
- An ability to use knowledge and skills arising from lived experience in an acute setting;
- An ability to allow people to lead their own recovery;
- Work alongside clinicians as an equal partner in providing support to consumers and their families;
- Ability to reflect on the impact of the demands of the role on yourself and seek out support and advice when needed;
- Liaise with stakeholders and other members of the multidisciplinary team and advocate regularly for the needs of consumers;
- Willingness to undertake Intentional Peer Support training after commencing the role
- Successfully meet Police and Working with Children’s checks;

**Next Steps...**

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please contact:
**Tamara Cannan, Program Manager **on 0409 273 151

Please see Position Description here.

**Applications close** **7th May 2023 **or please contact the Hiring Manager if you have any queries.

**Why work at the Northern Health?**

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

- Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
- Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
- An inclusive and culturally safe space
- State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
- A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
- Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.
- Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged._
- All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19._



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