AddressJoin Ballarat Community Health as a Lived Experience Peer Cadet!
Are you driven by a passion for mental health and a desire to make a meaningful impact? Do you have personal experience with mental health challenges and want to use that to support others? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Position: Lived Experience Peer Cadet
Reporting to: Project Lead - Peer Cadet Program
Duration: 10 months
Schedule: 0.6 FTE (Tuesday - Thursday)
About the Peer Cadet Program
The Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program was established in response to the Royal Commission's recommendation to expand entry points into the lived/living experience workforce (LLEW). This Program is designed to provide a supportive and structured environment for learning, enabling individuals with lived/living experience to enter paid employment while undertaking the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work within a participating community mental health organisation.
What's in it for you?
- Paid employment: Start your career with a part-time cadetship over 10 months while earning a salary.
- Professional development: Enrol in the Cert IV in Mental Health Peer Work, with full support and supervision.
- Supportive environment: Gain knowledge, skills, and confidence in a structured, nurturing setting tailored for your growth.
- Ongoing support: Benefit from supervision, training, and reflective practice opportunities specific to your discipline.
About the role:
Peer Cadets will use their own Lived Experience and professional expertise to share their skills and learning, increase problem solving capabilities and provide emotional support, information and practical assistance to others in a way that is tailored to meet the needs of individuals. Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, the Peer Cadets will promote choice, self-determination and greater opportunities.
At the completion of the Peer Cadet Program, you will have gained a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, as well as experience in the sector. This enables you to be eligible for future employment as a Lived Experience Peer Worker.
As a Lived Experience Peer Worker you will leverage your personal journey and professional skills to:
- Share skills and learning: Use your Lived Experience to provide valuable insights and guidance to others.
- Enhance problem-solving: Help others develop their problem-solving abilities by sharing your strategies and approaches.
- Offer emotional and practical support: Provide personalised emotional support, information, and practical assistance tailored to individual needs.
- Promote empowerment: Advocate for choice, self-determination, and greater opportunities for those you support.
Key responsibilities:
- Build supportive relationships based on mutuality and information sharing.
- Offer emotional support, information, and practical assistance to peers.
- Foster an environment that promotes choice, self-determination, and empowerment.
- Collaborate with team members to enhance service delivery and outcomes.
Who we're looking for:
- Lived experience: Personal experience with mental health challenges and recovery.
- Empathy and compassion: A genuine desire to support and uplift others.
- Strong communication skills: Ability to effectively share information and offer support.
- Commitment to growth: Eagerness to undertake the Cert IV in Mental Health Peer Work and grow professionally.
Why join us?
Ballarat Community Health is a not-for-profit community health organisation that?s been creating healthy communities through the provision of accessible, affordable and quality health and wellbeing services for over 45 years.
We deliver a range of primary health, social care and community-based support to meet local community needs. We have approximately 300 staff, with seven (7) locations across Ballarat and the Western Region.
If you'd like to know more about us visit our website http://www.bchc.org.au/
We are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. Join us and make a real impact in the lives of others while advancing your own career in mental health.
Information session(s)
Applicants must attend an information session or watch a pre-recorded session before applying.
Online information sessions will be held on:
- Monday 3 June 2024 from 12.30pm-2pm. Register here
- Wednesday 19 June 2024 from 6pm-7.30pm. Register here
Recorded information session:
- To receive a link to a recorded session please register http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-25-peer-cadet-program-recorded-information-session-tickets-914293615817?aff=oddtdtcreator.
A link will be sent via email after 5 June 2024
How to apply
To obtain a copy of the position description, please click here
Along with submitting your application, applicants must complete this survey here
Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday 24 June 2024
For further enquiries about this role please contact Bec Morley on 0493 686 *** or Rick Corney on 0427 648 ***
If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, or you need a copy of this advertisement in an accessible format, please contact the People and Culture team via email at **********@bchc.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Ballarat Community Health, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person's uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
Be more than part of your community - be someone making a difference for people in your community. Apply now!
