Consumer Peer Worker

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Monash Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 57604

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced consumer Peer Worker to provide valuable Lived Experience peer support in line with Intentional Peer Support Model and the Expanding Post Discharge Support initiative.

**About Monash Health**

**About the Program**

As one of the largest public mental health service providers in Victoria, Monash Health provides services across South Eastern Melbourne and has mental health inpatient units at Dandenong, Clayton, and Casey hospitals. The Enhanced Post Discharge Support initiative has been funded to provide peer support for consumers transitioning from mental health inpatient units back into the community.

**About the Role**

You will have experience of mental ill health and recovery, and be able to share your lived experience with others in a way that builds understanding, hope, personal growth and resilience; Contact and rapport is made with consumers during and after the inpatient admission - particularly where it has been identified that there is risk of patient re-admission after discharge.

It is expected you will contribute from a peer perspective to effective discharge planning processes to support successful discharge and reduction in readmission rates by promotion of community engagements/supports, education and support to consumers, referrals and supportive follow-up post discharge.

You will participate in discipline specific reflective supervision, ongoing professional development and other mechanisms that sustain lived experience practice.

This position is part of a team of family/carer and consumer peer workers, where orientation and ongoing training, support, mentoring and supervision is provided by your Consumer Peer Worker Team Leader. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the establishment of the Expanding Post Discharge Support initiative. The position will be based at South Eastern Private Hospital, one of our partner organisations. May at times involve work across other Monash Health sites, so a full driving license is essential.

**Monash Health employee benefits**:
Salary packaging

Onsite discounted staff parking

Discounted banking (BankVic)

Onsite Gym

Access to professional development courses and seminars

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

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