Aboriginal Mental Health, Social and Emotional

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time/Part time
**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer
**Remuneration**: $60,373 - $87,304 p.a (Pro-rata for Part-time) plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: up to 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ519757

**Applications close**:Thursday 14 November 2024 at 11:59pm AEST

**Position Title**:Aboriginal Mental Health, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Worker - PFT/PPT** - Justice Health Olympic Park**

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are **_Just the Place_** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

**The Role**

The **Aboriginal Mental Health, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Peer Worker** will utilise their lived experience to support Aboriginal patients accessing the NSW Community Forensic Mental Health Services, and to shape the delivery of culturally safe services by the Community Transitions Team (CTT) and the Community Forensic Mental Health Service (CFMHS).

These services provide forensic mental health assessment, care and treatment to people transitioning from custody into the community, and to Forensic Patients living in the community under conditions to receive treatment. This essential role will be pivotal in providing a culturally safe space for Aboriginal patients to identify the support and care that they need to remain living safely in the community.

The **Aboriginal Mental Health Peer Worker** will work closely alongside the CTT and CFMHS clinicians to support Network community patients in developing hope, autonomy and purpose; support engagement with family and community; improve connections with Aboriginal culture, spirituality, identity, and with country; whilst focusing on optimising mental health and physical health to enable participation in a range of roles important to the individual and community such as work, education, and care-giving.

**ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS**:

- This is an identified Aboriginal Health position. Applicants must be a person of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. An applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under section 14 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1977 NSW. Aboriginal applicants must demonstrate Aboriginality in addition to addressing the selection criteria.
- A lived experience of social and emotional wellbeing challenges with the ability to draw on your own personal recovery experience to support others.
- Willingness to complete training such as the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, or Djirruwang program.

**Our location, team, and service**

**The Justice Health Olympic Park (JHOP) office** is located at 10 Herb Elliot Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park. Designed for inter-departmental communication and collaboration, the office provides large open spaces and an abundance of natural light. An array of restaurants and cafés are a short walk away.
- Public transport is readily available including buses, trains, and ferries. Easy road access is provided via the M4 and Parramatta Road via Homebush Bay Drive. 35 km of bicycle paths surround the site and both bicycle storage and shower amenities are available inside.
- To learn more about careers in our network, please click the links below:_
- Welcome — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Locations — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Health Services — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_

**Salary & Benefits**

Your salary of $60373 - $87,304 (Pro rata for Part time) is just the beginning. You’ll also have access to:

- Additional allowances
- Access to salary packaging benefits
- A fitness passport (if you’re eligible)
- Free onsite parking to minimise your commute time
- Fantastic training & education opportunities available

**Diversity & Inclusivity**

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.

**Ready to Apply?**

The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following targeted questions:
1. Describe how you would use your personal lived experience and cultural connections to support people getting released from custody.

2. Provide an example where you supported one of your peers through a difficult time when their mental health suffered. How did you use your culture to connect with one another, communicate and understand their perspective?

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