Peer Workers

Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams

Flourish Australia has multiple exciting opportunities for Peer Workers to join our established Queanbeyan team

The positions available are:

• Ongoing full-time (76 hrs/fortnight)
• Closed-term full-time (76 hrs/fortnight) until 30 June 2025
• Working a rotating roster including weekend and evening shifts
• Based in Queanbeyan
• Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) equivalent to $37.35 - $40.05p/h + 11.5% Super + Tax-Free Benefits

About the Opportunities

As a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue. You will be required to use this lived experience openly, appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people you support that also have a lived experience of a mental health issue.

On a day to day basis, you will:

• Connect with, support, build reciprocity, trust and shared experience with people who access our services.
• Guide and support each person in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused.
• Effectively model hope and recovery.
• Ensure that individual support is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services that meet their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.
• Encourage shared learning experiences, and support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information and education.

These positions will work across the multiple programs which are run out of our Queanbeyan site. All of which provide community-based psychosocial support for people with server and complex mental health challenges. These programs include:

• Community Living Supports (CLS) Program
• Housing and Accomodatioin Support Initiative (HASI) Program
• Home Based Outreach Services (HBOS) Progam
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australia’s largest peer workforces, a proven, strengths-based approach to mental health recovery. Peer work is a cornerstone of our services with more than half of our workforce having had a lived experience of a mental health issue. By applying personal experience in mental health, peer workers can empathise, support, and inspire people in finding their own path to recovery.

For more information about what it means to be a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description and the Peer Worker information statement “What You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker”.

Please note - Successful candidates must maintain a Class C drivers license and proof of comprehensive insurance must be provided when required. You may be directed to use your private motor vehicle in the course of performing your duties when an organisational pool motor vehicle is unavailable. You will receive the Travelling Transport and Fares Allowance when using your private vehicle for work related purposes.

Who we are

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.

Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

• Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia)
• A strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• A personal lived experience of a mental health issue and recovery.
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
• Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
• A current Australian Driver’s Licence.

For further information, please contact Jackie Keane, Manager. E: jackie.keane@flourishaustralia.org.au (please do not email applications)

The Benefits

Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:

• Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) 
• Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900 
• Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading and 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave 
• Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
• Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
• Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
• Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
• Personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
• Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a WWCC, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks. All successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including booster) prior to commencement, inline with Flourish Australia’s Vaccination Policy.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please complete all the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page, we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.

Interviews to be held on a rolling basis. Apply now 

Apply Now