Peer Support Worker

**Job no**: 502470
**Work type**: Permanent
**Location**: South Brisbane
**Categories**: Community Services & Development

**About the role**

Mater Health is looking for a **Peer Support Worker** to join the Catherine's House Team. This **permanent, part-time** role (22.8 hours per week) is based at our South Brisbane campus.

Catherine’s House for Mother’s, Babies and Families (CHMBF) is a world-class, perinatal and infant mental health service. The integrated model of care provides inpatient and community services to public and private consumers.

These services include a 10-bed inpatient mother-baby unit, private day program, and other outpatient services. The Perinatal Mental Health Peer Worker will be responsible for providing peer support to the services within Catherine’s House and Mater’s broader mental health services.

**Salary range: $38.81 - $43.16 per hour** plus 11.5% superannuation and**access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900** +**access to many staff benefits

**What you’ll be doing**

**About you**

Essential
- Lived experience of perinatal mental health challenges, accompanied by experiences of personal recovery, and demonstrating stories of hope and resiliency. OR lived experience as a partner of a person who experienced perinatal mental health challenges.
- Capacity to relate to others from a perspective of shared experiences, and to assist a diverse range of people by listening effectively, modelling skills, confidence, and strategies in a manner both helpful and respectful to participants.
- Ability to model a high level of self-awareness and commitment to self-care.
- Perinatal Mental Health Peer Workers must have a current Working with Children Check (Blue card) and be up to date with vaccinations.
- .6 FTE - There is a requirement that the applicant will be available for a half day Saturday with the remaining hours/days to be negotiated with the Team Leader.

Desirable
- Cert IV in Peer Support Mental Health or willingness to work towards this qualification.
- Previous experience working in a peer support role, public mental health service or NGO sector.
- Awareness of Trauma-Informed Care and Recovery-Oriented Practice.
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
- Lived experience of accessing mental health services (public or private) in Queensland.
- Actively participate in professional supervision, annual performance appraisal and development processes.
- Demonstrated computer literacy.

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. **#MAKEYOURMATERMOVE**
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

**Advertised**: 07 Mar 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 21 Mar 2025 E. Australia Standard Time