Pics Peer Worker

**Opportunity to work as part of a purpose-driven organisation**:

- **Full time, Fixed term option**:

- **SCHCADS Level 3 with generous salary packaging**

**About One Door**

One Door Mental Health is a leading for purpose service provider for those living with mental illness, their families and carers. Our **community** creates a safe place that connects people, our **services** are innovative and supported by more than 30 years of experience, and our **advocacy **work is putting an end to stigma through education and understanding. Creating a world in which people with a mental illness are valued and treated as equals is at the heart of everything we do.

**The Program**

One Door Mental Health has been contracted by Central Eastern Primary Health Network to provide the Primary Integrated Care Support (PICS) Program. One Door has delivered PICS since August 2017.

The aim of PICS is to provide evidence based clinical mental health services and links to health and psychosocial supports in a primary health care setting, to meet the needs of people who experience severe mental illness.

The role of the Mental Health Nurse is to provide clinical care and coordination. Nurses develop collaborative care plans with other providers, including PICS peer workers who provide goal-oriented psychosocial support. PICS is a person-centred service, and this provides the flexibility to support people to access the supports and services they need, so when they are discharged to care of their GP, they stay well living in the community.

**About **the Role**

The Peer Worker will work as a team member with PICS Credentialed Mental Health Nurses to provide support to meet each person’s needs and wishes to enable them to live well and achieve their recovery goals. Key responsibilities will include:

- Build one to one supportive relationships based on Peer Support Values and Principles that focus on the use of lived experience to support the people we work with in regards to the persons needs and recovery
- Work with the nurses, in the development of the individual care plans with clarity of identified roles and tasks.
- Provide ongoing support to the client within the context of the care plan and goal setting.
- Provide the client with education and strategies for the development of decision-making, self-advocacy, self-management and wellness skills using personal lived experience.
- Build on knowledge of current services in the area to link clients to relevant services. Be able to refer to other services when needed. Share this information with the whole team to build up the knowledge of available services.
- Assist the client to navigate the system and provide support to the client to access new and necessary services. To provide advocacy with Centerlink, FACS Housing, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, GP’s and other allied health professionals and other services as required.
- Maintain daily communication with nurses about clients and follow direction of nurses about clinical care.
- Attend team meetings and supervision.
- Record data in a Client Information Management System on a daily basis and be up to date with all data entry at the end of each working week.
- Complete the Cert IV Peer Work within 12 months of commencing this role.
- Assist in evaluation and improvement of the program

**About You**

To succeed in this role, you will have:

- Work in in with the PHN issued PICS Guidelines and PICS Practice Manual.
- Work in a practice (geographic) area.
- Travel and meet with people, clinicians and team members in the community and One Door hub locations across Central and Eastern Sydney.
- Carry a case load about 25 people if you are working full time.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively with the PICS team members.

A copy of the position description can be viewed here.

**Your values and our values**

Our values are integral to everything that we are as an organisation and how we interact with each other, our consumers and carers. As you consider whether this role is for you, please take some time to reflect on your own values and One Door’s values. Click here to view our values **ASPIRE** to work out if they resonate with you.