Peer Community Outreach Worker

• Full time role based in Braddon, ACT
• NFP Values based company with fantastic Salary Packaging benefits!

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

About this opportunity

This role is unique as it requires someone with lived experience of mental illness to draw from their personal experiences of their recovery to engage and empower individuals in their recovery journey.

Participation of people with lived experience of mental illness is an important element of the way in which Wellways provides services.

Utilising the Wellways Lived Experience Workforce Framework, as a Peer Community Outreach Worker you will provide rehabilitation support and will act as a positive role model for program participants and their families in order to overcome stigma and encourage personal development. You will also assist participants, their families, clinicians and the community to better understand the participant's perspective and to improve outcomes for participants.

The service targets people over 16 years of age who experience mental health issues and operates 52 weeks per year with service delivery hours matched to the needs of the target group. The programs aim to improve mental health outcomes for the target group as well as provide opportunities to increase knowledge, skills and confidence to manage future crisis.

To be successful in this role, you will need the following;

• Prior experience working within the Mental Health industry or a community based organisation is highly desirable
• Tertiary qualification in social science or a related discipline
• Lived Experience
• Satisfactory Police Check (no older than 12 months)
• Working with Vulnerable People Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Evidence of working rights within Australia
• NDIS Orientation Module

About Us
Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

What we will offer you

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Jim Jacob on 0479 172 ***

Once you APPLY click here for position description

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.

If you'd like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here Reconciliation | Wellways