Peer Mentor The Indie Project

**Peer Mentor The Indie Project**:

- Posted: 04/02/2025
- Closing Date: 18/02/2025
- Job Type: Permanent - Part Time
- Location: Ashmore
- Job Category: Community Services & Development

Embarking on a career journey with Social Futures means becoming part of a mission that goes beyond just a job. We are a voice for social change in regional Australia, with a history spanning over 50 years.

The Indie Project uses music as a creative, engaging tool to explore identity, connection, and independence. With guidance from experienced musicians, The Indie Project groups write lyrics, produce a song, and create a music video showcasing their individual perspectives and talents.

Your role within The Indie Project team will allow you to:

- Use your **youth engagement skills** to support young people with disability or neurodivergence to grow their confidence, connections and independence and/or
- Use your **lived experience of disability or neurodivergence** to provide strengths based and person-centred mentoring for young people

Joining us, you’ll work in a team of dedicated individuals who are focused on ensuring that The Indie Project is accessible, inclusive, and culturally safe for the young people involved.

At Social Futures, we believe in inclusivity, integrity, and learning. Why you’ll like working with us:

- Your voice will be valued and heard in our mission to support positive social change
- You’ll be part of a supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment where we celebrate individuality
- We prioritise your wellbeing, with benefits such flexible working options, the opportunity to bank additional days leave per year and generous salary packaging options.

We are looking for a peer mentor with a desire to make a difference.

**The position**:

- **is part-time - 23 hours across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday**:

- **is located in Ashmore**:

- **requires travel (sometimes independently) to Logan and across the Gold Coast.**
- Qualifications or equivalent experience in peer work, education, disability, community-engaged practice, youth work, community music production or similar.
- Demonstrated ability to use your lived experience (relating to disability, neurodivergence, chronic illness and mental health challenges) in a professional way to encourage and motivate others.
- Experience in one-on-one mentoring and group facilitation skills support group programs for people with diverse abilities and interests.
- Problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and address barriers to participation and creative and practical approaches to helping participants achieve their goals.

**We are proud to announce that we have received recognition as an accredited Great Workplace by WRK+. Our amazing team makes our workplace special.**

Social Futures is a Rainbow tick accredited organisation and an equal opportunity employer and actively recruit from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB+, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Working with Children and National Police Check are mandatory requirements for all staff.

**How to Apply**:
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**Applications close**_Tuesday 18 February_**

We ensure clear communication and a response for every applicant.

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