Youth Peer Worker

1 month ago

Melbourne, Australia Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Full time

Orygen Specialist Program Melbourne Part-time
12/7/2023
- Ongoing part-time role | 6 days per fortnight
- Training and career progression opportunities
- Based in Sunshine | On-site parking and close to public transport

Your new team
Orygen Specialist Programs (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 (soon to be 12-25) and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.
The Bipolar sub-team forms part of our Youth Mood Clinic (YMC) and aims to improve access to early, effective evidence-based care for young people with Bipolar Disorders with or without a range of co-morbid mental health issues.
Your new role:

- Develop, deliver and evaluate group and individual interventions in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Support young people accessing YMC Bipolar services and the MOST platform
- Develop functional recovery and life-skill activities and relationship building activities
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds

About you:

- Lived experience of accessing youth mental health services and ability to share experiences in a recovery focused way
- Experience in delivering peer work in mental health, ideally in a youth-specific setting
- Passion, energy and determination to make a difference to the health outcomes for young people
- Qualifications/training in mental health (desirable but not required)
- Lived experience of Bipolar Disorder (desirable but not required)

What you’ll get in return:

- Employed by The Royal Melbourne Hospital under Public Health EBAs + 11% super + salary packaging
- Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team

Orygen - leading the revolution
Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.
Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always. Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.
Join the revolution

For a confidential conversation, please contact Kate Wapling on 0383457400.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.

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