Peer Support Worker

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**Position Title**:Peer Support Worker**
**Employment Type**:Permanent **Part-Time**

**Hours per week: 16**
**Position Grade: Health Education Officer Non-Grad or Graduate**
**Salary: Health Education Officer Non-Grad $60,373.00 - $87,304.00 Health Education Officer Graduate $69,050.00 - $110,326.00 (pro-rata) base salary per annum**
**Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Professional & Associated Staff Agreement 2022**
**Department Name: Drug Health Service**

An exciting opportunity exists to be a part of integral part of the Alcohol and Drug Service (ADS) clinical team. Be a part of a fantastic and contemporary team, making a difference to people experiencing substance use & dependence. Come work with us now

**About us**:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

**Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include**:

- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance

**About the role**:
We have an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic team leading our approach to the provision of quality care to clients of the Drug Health Service.The Peer Support Worker (PSW) works alongside clinicians and is an integral part of the Alcohol and Drug Service (ADS) clinical team, contributing to care planning and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the best outcome for consumers of the service. The primary responsibility of the Peer Support Worker (PSW) will be to engage and support clients that present to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney (SVHS) with drug and alcohol related conditions within a strength-based framework.The Peer Support Worker will use their own lived experience and relevant training to provide support, education, advocacy and guidance to help consumers of the ADS access health and community-based services. The PSW will work with individuals and support group work to help people experiencing problematic alcohol and drug use to direct and manage their own health needs.The role will support individuals, and where appropriate their families, on how to navigate the health system and by referring people to appropriate services for ongoing treatment and support. The PSW will utilise harm reduction principles and their own knowledge to enable consumers to participate in a shared decision-making process in regard to their individual health and welfare.**Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's**:
**About you**:
**Application Instructions**:
**Selection Criteria**:
1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.
2. Identify as someone with lived experience of alcohol and other drug use and accessing alcohol and other drug service.
3. Knowledge/familiarity of the AOD sector, other community and health supports, and an understanding of client rights (e.g. confidentiality).
4. Ability to work effectively with people with alcohol and other drug use issues and their significant others, within a harm minimisation framework, and in a respectful, compassionate, and positive manner.
6. Demonstrated ability to work effectively and cooperatively, both independently and within a health care team environment.7. An understanding and commitment to harm reduction principles in drug and alcohol services.
8. Demonstrated clear written and verbal communication skill.

**Applications close on 10 October 2024