Consumer Peer Support Worker Camperdown Adult

6 days ago

Camperdown, Australia South West Healthcare Full time

Location: South West Region | Camperdown

Job type: Part time

Organisation: South West Healthcare

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Community Services

Reference: VG/1827577

South West Healthcare is seeking a Consumer Peer Support Worker in Camperdown to provide recovery-focused support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges, using personal lived experience and the Intentional Peer Support Model.

**About the role**

South West Healthcare (SWH) is looking for a **Consumer Peer Support Worker** to join our Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing team in Camperdown, Victoria.

In this role, you'll leverage your personal lived experience with mental health challenges, including involvement with Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Services and/or the Acute Inpatient Unit (AIU). Through the Intentional Peer Support Model, you will build mutual, recovery-focused relationships that embrace a client-centred approach, fostering hope and resilience.

Your responsibilities will include providing individual consultations, educational sessions, and group interventions to support consumers dealing with mental illness or severe psychological distress. You will promote principles of hope, choice, self-determination, and social connectedness, working under the direct supervision of a multidisciplinary team.

**Position Overview**:

- Permanent, part-time (40 hours per fortnight)
- Based at Camperdown Campus
- Peer Support Worker Level 1 or Level 2 depending on experience
- Salary range: $68,874 to $73,065 pro rata, plus superannuation

***What you bring**
- Lived experience of self-defined recovery and/or mental, emotional and social wellbeing, from the perspective of a consumer of mental health services.
- Strong communication skills
- Commitment to recovery and patient - centred care
- Familiarity with peer support values

***What we offer**

You will enjoy benefits such as:

- Excellent salary packaging options including meals & entertainment, novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions
- Internal and external professional development opportunities
- A range of internal development opportunities focusing on personal development such as resilience and mentoring workshops and comprehensive leadership programs
- Excellent terms and conditions of employment

**Who we are**

As an organisation SWH prides themselves on their values; Care, Respect, Excellence, Integrity and Leadership and their overall dedication to the local community. Learn more about SWH here.

SWH respects all individuals and promote equity and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds and socio
- economic status.

SWH is the major specialist referral centre for the Barwon South West sub-region, and provides a comprehensive range of acute, sub-acute, specialist, community, mental health and aged services.

**How to apply**

**_ _**Employment Terms and Conditions will be in line with the _Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise _Agreement 2020-2024 _with the appropriate classification of _Lived Experience Worker level 2._
- _The successful applicant will be required to be eligible for and undergo the following:

- Police Record Check
- Employee Working with Children's Check
- Current Immunisation status

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