Senior Peer Support Worker

Job No:R202559

- $77,527.00pa pro rata+ Super + Salary Packaging * (to increase your take home pay )
- Located in Adelaide

A bout RASA

Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a not-for-profit, secular, community organisation, helping people to overcome difficulties and bring about positive change in their lives. We offer services for families, couples and individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. T o find out more about RASA go to rasa.org.au .

Who we are looking for

The Senior Peer Support Worker works part of RASA’s Gambling Help Service to provide one-to-one peer support to individuals affected by their own or someone else’s gambling by sharing their own lived experience in ways that assist the person to determine their own next steps, engage or maintain engagement with help services, and inspire hope of recovery.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- Certificate IV (AQF level 4) in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness to work towards
- Lived experience of and recovery from gambling harm, mental health or alcohol and other drug use.

It would be a bonus if you have:

- Tertiary qualifications (AQF level 7) in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling or other relevant field
- Experience as a speaker in RASA’s Consumer Voice Program/LEIGH Program
- Lived experience in gambling harm

What you will be doing

- Provide high quality and appropriate peer mentoring and supervision to other GHS Peer support workers.
- Manage a caseload of clients providing evidenced based one-to-one peer support to individuals affected by their own or someone else’s gambling.
- In conjunction with the Practice Manager GHS, develop and review practice guidelines for Peer Support work.
- Support the development and engagement of new initiatives including outreach work in the community (e.g. prisons).
- Operate as a collaborative member of the Gambling Help Service team.
- Ensure that peer support and personal contributions are delivered in line with RASA’s expectations, and model ethical behaviour consistent with RASA’s values, ethics and shared behaviours.

If this role is what you are looking for, we’d love to hear from you.

Enquiries: Any enquiries can be addressed to Tracey Nye on 83775400.

*How Salary Packaging can increase your take home pay

Salary packing is an entitlement granted by the Federal Government to workers in approvednon-government and health organisations. Salary Packaging can increase your take home salary by creating tax free earnings.In effect, $15,899 of your wage can be paid tax free in each fringe benefit tax year. This 'tax free' amount is inadditionto the tax-free threshold of $18,200 for income.

Questions

- Are you currently, or have you been previously, employed at Relationships Australia South Australia? *
- Are you currently, or have you previously been, on student placement at Relationships Australia South Australia? *
- Are you legally entitled to work in Australia? *
- If there are any limitations on your entitlement in work in Australia (i.e. visa limitations), please provide details.
- Do you have a National Police Certificate that is less than 12 months old? *
- Do you have a current Working with Children Check in South Australia? *
- What is your Working with Children Check unique ID number? Enter as 'SRN xxxx-xxxx' or 'CCR ID xxxxxx'
- In the last 3 years, have you completed Safe Environments for Children and Young People training? *
- In the last 3 years, have you completed RRHAN-EC training? *
- Do you hold a driver's licence? *
- Please list your relevant qualifications *
- Which community group do you mainly identify with? *
- Do you identify as a person from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background?
- Please list any languages (other than English) that you fluently speak
- When are you available to start working in this role? *

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