Consumer Peer Support Worker

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Health Full time

-Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Not provided
Organisation: Melbourne Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical
Reference: 64915

**Consumer Peer Support Worker - AoD**
- Part time 20 hours per week, fixed term 12-month role
- Working across all lived experience programs
- Be part of an exciting innovative lived experience team
- Work for a leading AMHS embracing lived experience workforce roles

**Inner West Area Mental Health Service (IWAMHS)**

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- The Inner West Area Mental Health Service - Royal Melbourne Hospital (IWAMHS - RMH) is committed to working with consumers during their recovery by offering holistic and evidence-based treatment, which is inclusive of family/carers and provided by clinicians with well-developed skills. Staff employed within the IWAMHS are expected to identify EB practice competencies and to use these in their clinical work.

**Your new role**
- Empower consumers to make their own choices about their treatment and recovery with an emphasis on strengthening their internal resources to move forward.
- Support individuals to create external links in the community for ongoing support.
- Assist consumers by ensuring they actively participate in their own identified recovery goals.
- This role will work with a clinical team, requires an understanding of how mental health services work, a resilient and positive approach, and good communication skills.

**About you**
- Be a true team player with confidence and desire to share their wisdom, knowledge and experience.
- Lived experience of mental illness is an essential prerequisite for this role and a good understanding of peer support frameworks would be beneficial.
- Demonstrate compassion and resilience, providing peer support and information to mental health consumers in both inpatient and outpatient service settings.

**Benefit of working with NorthWestern Mental Health**:

- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.

**Interested?**

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.
- For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

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