
Peer Workers or Mental Health Workers
4 days ago
**Use your passion for mental** health to support people on their recovery journeys and help them realise their goals**:
Flourish Australia has new exciting opportunities for **Peer Workers or Mental Health Workers**to join our dedicated** Wagga Wagga** team
The positions available are:
- **Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight)**:
- **Casual**:
- Based in **Wagga Wagga**:
- Working** a rotating roster including weekend and evening shifts**:
- **Attractive hourly rates equivalent** to **$37.35-$40.05**/hour + Super + Additional Benefits**
**About the Opportunities**:
As a **Mental Health Worker** or **Peer Worker**, you will work in the community to support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people to maintain wellness and realise their goals.
On a day to day basis you will:
- Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people.
- Encourage shared learning experiences, and support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information and education.
- Ensure that individual support is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services that meet their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.
- Be ‘hands on’ and involved in direct service delivery.
These positions will work across the multiple programs which are run out of our Wagga Wagga site. All of which provide community-based psychosocial support for people with server and complex mental health challenges. The main funding program within Wagga Wagga are National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) services.
We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey. Therefore, our **Peer Worker** roles are for those willing to use their lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will use your lived experience to inform and contribute to staff learning, service understanding, and delivering person-led, strengths focused, recovery based service.
For more information about what it means to be a **Peer Worker** with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description and the Peer Worker information statement “What You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker”.
For more information on the** Mental Health Worker** role, please read the Position Description.
**Who we are**:
Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.
Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
**Selection Criteria**:
- Essential:_
- A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
- A strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
- Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
- Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
- Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
- Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.
**The Benefits**:
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:
- **Level 3 (SCHCADS)** on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
- **Tax-free Salary Packaging**available up to $15,900 (casuals ineligible)
- Generous leave provisions including **17.5% leave loading + 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave**(casuals ineligible)
- Family-friendly and **flexible working conditions**:
- Opportunities for **career progression,** **professional development and training** such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
- **Employee Assistance Program** for confidential wellbeing support
- **Inclusive initiatives** such as our **Rainbow Network and YarnUp** for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
- Exclusive personal **Fleet pricing discounts** **with our preferred automotive supplier**:
- **Employee discounts** at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
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