Peer Support Worker

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Community Services, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Legal, Occupational Health and Safety, Other, Medical, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 46983

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Vistorian Spinal Cord Service and Spinal Community Integration Service**

The Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS) is a specialised state-wide service that provides lifelong care to people who sustain a traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, Tasmania and southern New South Wales. Inpatient services are provided at the Austin and Royal Talbot campuses of Austin Health. The VSCS also provides community and outpatient programs.

Spinal Community Integration Service (SCIS) is one part of the VSCS is based at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre but works with spinal cord injured clients from both Austin and Alfred Health who come from across Victoria. It works with people to achieve the way they wish to live when they return home from hospital. Usually this means working with the client, their family, workplace and therapists in various community places such as, in their own home, with a community service provider, in their local community, at their workplace, or in a recreation facility. The peer support role also involves working with people while they are inpatients.

**About the role**

Work as part of the SCIS, in collaboration with not for profit agency AQA Victoria, to provide peer support services for people who have a spinal cord injury and their family members, partners and significant others. The peer support program will support the objectives of SCIS.

A regular day will see you:

- Meet new inpatients with a new spinal cord injury
- Provide peer support to people who have a spinal cord injury, both as an inpatient, or in community with other SCIS therapists
- Attend community appointments with SCIS clients, in collaboration with SCIS clinical staff (Allied Health and Nurses)
- Be available as a resource person to assist with problem-solving, provide education, and act as a motivator
- Assist with training new Peer Support volunteers

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will:

- Have sustained a spinal cord injury
- Live as independently as possible in the community
- Demonstrate behaviour that is compatible with positive health outcomes

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

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