Consumer Peer Worker

3 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Peninsula Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Peninsula Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 33338
- **Great team, respectful culture & supportive management**:

- **Excellent salary packaging benefits and employee benefits program**:

- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
**Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

The Frankston Adult Community Mental Health Team is a specialist multidisciplinary and integrated service that provides care coordination through a Recovery orientated model for persons aged 25 - 64 years experiencing severe and persistent mental health disorders. The team provides a broad range of treatment, case management and care interventions of the right intensity and duration, early in the illness pathway and in the illness episode. The Frankston Community Mental Health Team may be involved with a client for extended periods of time or may provide more episodic care.
The Consumer Peer Worker role has been developed specifically for people with a personal experience of mental health challenges and recovery to provide holistic support to people accessing community mental health services and supports. Peer Workers are empathetic listeners who promote hope, choice and connection in their relationships with others.

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Personal experience of mental health challenges or distress and recovery
- Recognition and understanding of own experiences and ability to use this to support consumers
- Ability to use lived/living experience expertise to support the work of the multi-disciplinary team and ensure practice is sensitive to the needs of consumers, families and carers
- Commitment to working collaboratively with relevant services providers and community groups

**What Next**

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**Additional Requirements**

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.

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