Family Peer Worker

22 hours ago

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

Clinical Other Parkville Part-time

17/1/2025
- Parkville location | Close to public transport, onsite parking
- Part time permanent opportunity | (0.8 FTE)
- Access to NFP salary packaging | Join a multidisciplinary team

About Orygen

Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.

For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.

About the job

The Family Peer Worker (FPW) will work within Orygen Recovery’s (OR) multidisciplinary team. This position will use their lived experience as a family member/carer/supporter of a young person to support families of young people admitted to the Orygen Recovery services. Drawing on their own lived or living experience, the FPW provides support, information and psychoeducation, empathic listening and connection.

Reporting to the Youth Wellbeing Team Leader, you will:

- Provide empathetic, recovery-focused support and psychoeducation to families of young people, using personal lived experience.
- Offer drop-in and appointment-based support via face-to-face, phone, or video for families at Orygen Recovery.
- Collaborate with the team to organize family-inclusive events, workshops, and information sessions.
- Advocate for family voices within the team, linking families to other relevant services, including mental health and AOD supports.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with health and welfare agencies to promote family engagement in planning and evaluation activities.
- This role will work a rotating roster across 7 days._

Skills and experience

The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position;
- Lived experience of supporting a young person who has experienced significant mental ill health, who is not currently a client of an Orygen led headspace centre or of Orygen.
- Experience of supporting a young person who has accessed a YPARC or similar residential program is desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to use your lived or living experience to support others in a recovery focused way.
- Capacity to problem solve effectively, engage and work creatively to engage families.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to communicate warmly and effectively with families, liaise, build relationships and partnerships, consult and discuss with a wide variety of stakeholders.

**Benefits**:

- Salary between $66,018 - $72,045 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11.5% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 & $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
- Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
- Make a real impact on young people and their families/support networks in a dynamic, youth-centered environment.
- Engage in innovative projects alongside passionate professionals across various disciplines.
- Experience a workspace that was thoughtfully created with input from young people, promoting a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere.

How to apply

This is a part time (0.8 FTE) ongoing position.

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