Peer Support Worker

2 days ago

Melton, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time

ABOUT US

McAuley Community Services for Women helps women and children who have faced family violence and homelessness to take control of their lives. Through a range of supports including accommodation, legal, health, recreation and social responses, we support women to leave us with restored capacity and greater opportunities for safe housing, economic capability and wellbeing. We work alongside women and children, recognising their strengths and fostering their resilience to create a new future.

Feminism, intersectionality and anti-oppressive practices are imbedded within our client practice and our culture.

**About the role**:
The Peer Support Worker, Family Violence plays a vital role in empowering women who are navigating the challenges of family violence. Through dynamic peer support, transformative recovery-oriented learning, and compassionate emotional guidance, you will create a safe haven for women in refuge accommodations and the wider community.

**This is a Permanent Full-Time opportunity based in Melton within our Community Services program. The position reports to the Team Leader, Family Violence (Refuge).**

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Lived experience of family violence including a strong recovery plan and relevant supports in place and a willingness to share and draw on lived experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work with women and children facing a range of complex challenges in relation to family violence, homelessness, health and mental health, drug and alcohol use, trauma, and marginalisation.
- Experience in a peer support role in a community services or not for profit setting.
- Understanding of the principles of feminism, intersectionality and anti-oppression as both practice and organisational culture foundations.**For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.**

For more information, please contact:
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Our offer:_**
- _ Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay_
- _ Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training _
- _Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges_
- _ Click _HERE _to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees._

**You must have a**:

- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

**Our Commitment**:
McAuley is part of MacKillop Family Services and celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that we continue to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

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