Hope Youth Peer Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia The Royal Melbourne Hospital Full time

-Location: Melbourne | Parkville
Job type: Part time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Medical
Reference: 68110

**Youth Peer Support Worker - HOPE**
- ** Youth Peer Support Worker role embedded into an innovative and new acute service program in youth mental health**:

- ** Permanent part time position (0.6 - 0.8EFT)**:

- ** Support young people, carers and their systems through suicidal experiences**
- Orygen Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (HOPE) is an emerging service for young people aged 12 to 25 years experiencing deliberate self-harm, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. Orygen HOPE service is one of the child and youth HOPE services recommended in the expansion of the established HOPE program by the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System.**About your new role**
- The youth peer support worker will work closely with clinical and lived experience staff, including family peer support workers to provide peer-to-peer supports, including individual and family direct work; advocacy; and referral and linkages.
- Support the implementation of Peer Support specific interventions within Orygen HOPE and providing consultation support to other members of Orygen HOPE team
- Providing support and professional development around areas of specialist knowledge to members of relevant clinical teams, via training, supervision and other appropriate strategies.
- Be a knowledge resource for the Peer Support Work specialty and building the role of Peer Work within Orygen HOPE and the greater Orygen service system.

**About You**
- A lived experience of mental health issues and accessing youth mental health services and ability to share experiences in a recovery focused way.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with young people and their families
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) as well as abilities in problem solving and negotiation
- Ability to work independently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team

**Benefits 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 multidisciplinary 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.
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