Peer Worker

**Employment Type**:

- Permanent Part Time**Hours per fortnight** - 64**Job Category**:

- Other Professionals - Lived Experience**Req Id -** 2860- Join a passionate team providing Harm Reduction and Drug and Alcohol treatment services
- Bring your lived and/or living experience of drug use to assist others seeking assistance
- Great work/life balance Permanent Part Time - 64 hours per fortnight

**About Barwon Health**
- Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.**About Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)**
- Barwon Health’s Drug and Alcohol Service (DAS), provides treatment and harm reduction services to people wanting to access services regarding their substance use. DAS has a range of harm reduction services including providing the needle and syringe program, naloxone training and provision, opioid replacement assessments and linkages to prescribers, Hep C screening and treatment and overdose support and education. We provide comprehensive assessment, counselling, non-residential withdrawal, brief intervention and bridging support, and care co-ordination for people seeking treatment for their substance use.**About the facility**
- Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.- DAS is located in central Geelong in newly refurbished offices and is in close proximity to University Hospital and has a staffed NSP at Corio Community Health Centre. The central location provides great access to the Geelong shopping and arts precinct, the Geelong Waterfront and public transport.**About You**
- Able to identify as having lived and/or living experience of drug use
- Clear understanding of the health and social issues affecting people who use drugs
- Demonstrated understanding of the principles of health promotion and the social and structural determinants affecting the health of people who use drugs
- Understanding of peer support principles
- A commitment to operating with a high degree of professionalism and personal integrity within a harm reduction and community development framework
- Lived experience of engagement with Drug and Alcohol services

**About the role**
- As the successful applicant and as part of the Barwon Health inter-professional Drugs and Alcohol Service (DAS), duties of your new role include but are not limited to;- Assisting with the facilitation and growth of Harm Reduction Peer Advisory Group(s)
- Contributing to the development of Barwon Health Alcohol and Drugs (AOD) programs
- Brining a lived experience perspective of drug use to the design, implementation and evaluation strategies of the program
- Providing one on one and/or group peer support to people who use drugs and their carers and family members within agreed models of care and MHDAS peer work scope of practice

**About the culture**
- You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality services. We promote positive, respectful relationships and strong partnerships within the workplace. Grow and develop your capabilities with Barwon Health’s commitment to professional development.- Barwon Health staff benefits- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.- Wide-range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career.- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2650.**About Geelong**
- Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djilang, Geelong is thought to mean ‘Tongue of Land’.- Geelong offers a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes.- Geelong is home to world class schools and education providers.- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Appreciate our vast and abundant parklands, sports and entertainment attractions, and thriving dining and shopping complexes.- To learn more about the region, click here.**Diversity and Inclusion**
- We believe in the power of diversity and in