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SalaryReference Number 35113
Position Title Consumer Peer Worker
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Location Peninsula Community Mental Health Service
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- Excellent salary packaging benefits and employee benefits program
- Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding
- Classification up to: 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 Frankston Adult Community Mental Health Team is a specialist multidisciplinary and integrated service that provides care coordination through a Recovery orientated model for persons aged 25 - 64 years experiencing severe and persistent mental health disorders. The team provides a broad range of treatment, case management and care interventions of the right intensity and duration, early in the illness pathway and in the illness episode. The Frankston Community Mental Health Team may be involved with a client for extended periods of time or may provide more episodic care.
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
- Commitment to working collaboratively with relevant services providers and community groups
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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. We encourage applications from individuals from all cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We also provide a safe and supportive workplace for people with disabilities.
- Please refer to salary circular for VICTORIAN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021-2024 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
https://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment/
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
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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?
Contact Person Tara Menassa
Contact Number 59769500
Alternate Contact Person Juliet Panozza
Alternate Contact Number 59769550
