Peer Service Coordinator/navigator

**One Door Mental Health (ODMH) is looking for a Peer Service Coordinator/Navigator to join our incredible team at headspace in Campbelltown, NSW on a fixed term part-time basis.**

**About One Door**

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers.

Our **community** creates a safe place that connects people, our **services** are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our **advocacy **work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding.

Creating a world in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

You can read more about One Door Mental Health and our values here.

**About the Program**

headspace provides early intervention mental health services to young people aged 12-25. Primary Care Eating Disorder Supports Program (PCEDSS) aims to support young people predominately aged (but not limited to) between 12-25 years old, who present with food related anxiety or an eating disorder along with their families/carers. PCEDSS provides a holistic approach that provides wrap around support to young individuals, their families, and carers, through a multidisciplinary care team. Provide early intervention to these individuals, identifying and effectively treating the early onset of symptoms, while also managing those who have long standing symptoms and an existing diagnosis of an eating disorder.

**About the Role**

The Peer Worker will be responsible for completing intake appointments with young people and families, collecting relevant psychometric assessment responses from young people, case facilitating specialist appointments for young people, coordinating case conferences with all relevant stakeholders, and connecting YP to the Disordered Eating Groups.

Peer workers will:

- Create a space of hope, optimism, and inclusion for people who experience mental distress and food related anxiety or disordered eating
- Engage with stakeholders and medical specialists to enhance their capacity to better support young people accessing the Primary Care Eating Disorders Support Service
- Provide soft, supported, entry for young people and their families into accessing the Primary Care Eating Disorders Support Service.

For more information on this fixed term part-time role, the **position description** may be viewed here.

**Your key skills and experience**
- Certificate IV in Mental Health or Peer Work, or Diploma of Community Services.
- Lived experience of mental health challenges and experience of disordered eating challenges, personal recovery, and service use and a willingness to use experience to role model recovery to support others.
- Willingness to purposefully share their personal experience to support others and to contribute to change.
- Understanding of and a commitment to the principles of peer support; inclusive of a recovery-focused approach.
- Clear awareness about self-care and skills for prioritising self-care.
- Ability to manage workflow and within clear timeframes.
- Ability to exercise personal responsibility and work as part of team, with the support and guidance of the Manager.
- Ability to effectively communicate in all interactions with stakeholders.
- A current driver licence and access to a fully insured vehicle.

**Additional Details**

One Door Mental Health requires all staff to have a Police Check clearance, a current Working with Children's Check and NDIS Worker Screening clearance and appropriate COVID-19 Vaccination.

**How to apply?**

**Any questions?**

**Don't miss this opportunity to join a recognised and respected organisation that is purpose and values driven