Peer Worker

Job Requisition ID: 4987
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Dandenong, VIC, AU, 3175
- Employment Type: Part Time
- Posting Date: 4 Jul 2025

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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**Join our team as a Level 2 Consumer Peer Worker on an Part Time Ongoing basis to work in our Young Persons Mental Health Service based in the Recovery and Prevention of Psychosis Team (RAPPT) at our Dandenong Location**

**About Our Lived & Living Experience Workforce at Monash Health**

Monash Health is one of the largest Lived and Living Experience Workforce employers in Victoria, encompassing both Consultants and Peer Workers. Our Peer Workforce, which includes both Consumer

and Family/Carer Peer Workers, is integral to several of our inpatient units, community teams, emergency departments, and drug and alcohol services. We are dedicated to fostering a safe and supportive workplace, reinforced by strong professional leadership, reflective supervision, and opportunities for connection through co-reflection, employee forums, and ongoing professional development.

**About the RAPP Team**

The Recovery and Prevention of Psychosis (RAPP) Team supports young people with psychosis-spectrum disorders. The RAPP Team offers flexible service delivery, with a combination of clinic-based, outreach, group and telehealth appointments. The role is embedded within a multi-disciplinary team and provides support to young people (aged 12-25 years) with complex mental health needs.

**About the Role**

The Youth Peer Worker will undertake direct peer work with young people, including mentoring, decision making support and recovery coaching. Consumers will be followed up both by phone, telehealth and by face to face contacts in community clinics, other community settings and their own homes. The role is based in Dandenong with some travel to other sites as required. As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Youth Peer Worker will provide support and practical assistance to young people, supporting them to lead their own unique recovery process.

**About You**

As a designated consumer lived experience role, you will have a declared personal experience of living with mental illness, and experience of the mental health system.

You possess a deep understanding of mental health challenges through your own lived experience as a consumer and are passionate about supporting others. You have a genuine commitment to enhancing the lives of individuals with mental health difficulties and their carers. With a strong focus on inclusion, diversity, and person-centred care, you bring excellent communication and interpersonal skills to your work. Your enthusiasm, compassion, and ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team set you apart. You are driven to pursue a meaningful and purposeful career, with a desire to grow as a lived experience health professional.

**What You Need**

As an entry-level peer work role you will demonstrate the following key skills, experience and knowledge (see attached Position Description for a complete list of requirements):

- Declared personal experience of living with mental illness, including experience as a mental health service user.
- Ability to use your own lived experience to inspire hope in belief and recovery.
- Knowledge of peer work principles and the ability to support others from a mutual perspective.
- Completion of Intentional Peer Support (IPS) training, or willingness to complete.

**What the Lived & Living Experience Workforce at Monash Health offers**:

- Comprehensive orientation and induction program.
- Up to 2 hours reflective supervision per month, plus group co-reflection spaces.
- Support and mentoring from Peer Work Leads.
- Higher Education Recognition Allowance.
- Funded Lived & Living Experience professional development and training opportunities.
- Regular Lived & Living Experience Workforce forums.

**Monash Health employees enjoy a range of benefits including**:

- Salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay.
- Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program.
- Free flu vaccinations.
- Private health insurance at discounted rates.
- Health imaging services.
- + more

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Abdifatah Mohamed on (03) 9767 8274.

**Position Description can be**found here**

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