Youth Peer Worker

12 hours ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Royal Melbourne Hospital Full time

-Location: Melbourne | Parkville
Job type: Part time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical
Reference: 71171

**Youth Peer Worker - Youth Mood Clinic Bipolar Team**
- ** Ongoing part-time role | 6 days per fortnight**:

- ** Training and career **progression opportunities**:

- **Based in Sunshine | On-site parking and close to public transport**

**Your new team**
- Orygen Specialist Programs (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 (soon to be 12-25) and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.
- The Bipolar sub-team forms part of our Youth Mood Clinic (YMC) and aims to improve access to early, effective evidence-based care for young people with Bipolar Disorders with or without a range of co-morbid mental health issues.

**Your new role**:

- Develop, deliver and evaluate group and individual interventions in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Support young people accessing YMC Bipolar services and the MOST platform
- Develop functional recovery and life-skill activities and relationship building activities
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds

**About you**:

- Lived experience of accessing youth mental health services and ability to share experiences in a recovery focused way
- Experience in delivering peer work in mental health, ideally in a youth-specific setting
- Passion, energy and determination to make a difference to the health outcomes for young people
- Qualifications/training in mental health (desirable but not required)
- Lived experience of Bipolar Disorder (desirable but not required)

**Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program**:

- You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term
- Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and close to public transport.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees

**Interested?**
- If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below.

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