Consumer Advocate

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Location**: Goulburn
**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer (Grad and Non-Grad)
**Remuneration**:
Health Education Officer (Grad): $36.04 to $57.59 per hour
Health Education Officer (Non Grad): $31.51 to $45.57 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 34
**Requisition ID**: REQ550059
**Applications Close**: 9 February 2025
**Interviews Details**:Interviews will be scheduled within 10 days of closing date

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here - We are Southern.

**What we offer**
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Forget about sitting in traffic for hours and paying for parking, live in the city you'll be minutes away from work (perhaps even close enough to walk or cycle) and even if you live on a property outside of Goulburn or in one of the neighbouring villages, it's still a much shorter trip than big city living. That's more time for family, friends, and recreation. More time to live. Goulburn is 45 minutes from Canberra, 2hrs to the beach and 2hrs from Sydney. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health

**What you'll be doing**

The Mental Health Peer Worker assists mental health consumers to transition from an acute inpatient admission to reintegrate into their community.

**Selection Criteria**
- Minimum Qualification Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (consumer) or willingness to obtain same within 12 months of appointment.
- Personal "lived experience" of being a consumer of a mental health service.
- An ability to provide "tailored" assertive follow up care to consumers recently discharged from hospital for up to 6 weeks post discharge.
- A general understanding of the nature of mental health service delivery, including some knowledge of State and national policies and directions for mental health services.
- Good communication skills with the ability to communicate empathically and supportively with mental health service consumers, and effectively with mental health service providers.
- An understanding or "Recovery" and "Trauma Informed care" as they relate to many people experiencing mental health issues.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

**Australian Work Rights**

Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact the hiring manager below should you require assistance.

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