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SalaryReference Number 35255
Position Title Carer Peer Worker - Community Mental Health
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Location Bayview House
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- Great team, respectful culture & supportive management
- Excellent salary packaging benefits and employee benefits program
- Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding
- Classification Lived Experience Worker Level 2 Year 4 (MP35)*
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.
What You Will Be Doing
The Mornington Adult Community Mental Health and Intensive Treatment Teams provide community care for people aged 26-64 years who experience Mental Health challenges or distress and require holistic treatment and wellbeing supports.
The Consumer Peer Worker role has been developed specifically for people with a personal experience of Mental Health challenges and recovery to provide holistic support to people accessing Community Mental Health services and supports. Peer Workers are empathetic listeners who promote hope, choice and connection in their relationships with others.
What You Need
We anticipate you will have:
- Personal experience of Mental Health challenges or distress and recovery
- Recognition and understanding of own experiences and ability to use this to support consumers
- Ability to use lived/living experience expertise to support the work of the multi-disciplinary team and ensure practice is sensitive to the needs of consumers, families and carers
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People Experience Team on (03) 9784 2700.
Additional Requirements
Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:
*Please refer to salary circular for Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2020 -2024 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.
Selection Criteria Essential: Do you have personal experience of Mental Health challenges or distress and recovery?
Essential: Do you have recognition and an understanding of own experiences and ability to use this to support consumers?
Essential: Do you have the ability to use lived/living experience expertise to support the work of the multi-disciplinary team and ensure practice is sensitive to the needs of consumers, families and carers?
Essential: Have you completed of Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or similar qualification (or currently undertaking)?
Contact Person Vanessa Mackay
Contact Number 97843059
