Employment Type: Permanent Part time
Hours per week: 20 hoursPosition Grade: Health Education Officer (Non-Graduate) / Health Education Officer (Graduate)
Salary: $60,373 - $87,304 base per annum / $69,050- $110,326 base per annum
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) AHO Professional and Associated Staff Agreement 2022
Department Name: Towards Zero Suicide , Darlinghurst CampusAbout 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 large 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
- Psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual or group peer support, and advocacy.
- Collaborative approach to supporting people to identify and connect with the support they need and want.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the local Aboriginal community and engage and involve Aboriginal communities when working with consumers of the Alternative to Emergency Department Service.
- May also be required to work from or liaise with emergency departments to ensure people in distress are successfully linked to the service and that emergency department staff have a high awareness of the service.
- The Aboriginal Peer worker will deliver support that aligns with the principles of step up/step down care. This includes making connections to a range of community-based services for ongoing support if required (step down), or supporting people to determine if they require clinical intervention including emergency care and/or outreach teams for follow up (step up).
To have you application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.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. Personal lived experience of a suicidal crisis and/or attempt, and ability to meaningfully and purposefully use lived experience of suicide to provide peer support to people at risk of suicide.-3. Intentional Peer Support (IPS), and Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer), or successful completion of Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer) or willing to attain within 18 months of commencing position4. Capacity to use person centred recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles in providing support to people at risk of suicide.5. Understanding of the suicide prevention sector and ability to utilise appropriate suicide prevention support such as crisis response, safety planning and managing risk and an understanding of, and commitment to, recovery oriented services and lived experience involvement in service design, implementation and evaluation.6. Capacity to work collaboratively with people using the service, families/carers, colleagues, other NSW Health personnel and other stakeholders.7. Demonstrated effective negotiation, time management, and written and verbal communication skills and excellent computing skills including the ability to use Microsoft applications.8. Experience working in community based health or social support settings or NSW Health Services and awareness of NSW Health policies and procedures."Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced."Applications close on 18 April 2024Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist: Review the following documents:Contact Details: Francis Rocks (francis.rocks@svha.org.au)Alternate Contact: Jean Allen jean.allen@svha.org.auClosing Date: 18 April 2024 11:59pmReconciliation Action Plan:At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.For further information, visit https or get in contact atCode of Conduct: