AddressBrook RED is a Lived-Experience Managed and Operated community organisation providing support to people who have mental health concerns and who experience suicidality. Being a Lived Experience service means that all our staff have a first-hand experience of mental health recovery and use this reflectively and purposefully in their work. We are currently seeking candidates to fill two roles:
Casual Peer Workers
We are looking for Casual Peer Workers to work across multiple community programs including evening shifts on our Warm Line and weekend shifts at our remote groups program across Brisbane South. The role involves providing individual and group support (face-to-face, telephone and digital mediums) to people experiencing mental health challenges and suicidal distress. The Peer Worker position is casual and working hours can vary considerably from week to week.
Part-Time Peer Worker
We are also looking for a 0.8FTE Peer Worker for our SHIFT program. This program involves delivering individual peer support to folks experiencing mental health concerns and/or suicidality in the Brisbane South PHN catchment region, covering Redlands, Beaudesert, Logan and South Brisbane. This role will require you to work autonomously and will require use of a personal, appropriately insured vehicle for which kilometers driven for work purposes will be reimbursed.
For both roles, we are looking for people who:
- Are able to share their own Lived Experience of mental health and/or suicidality in a meaningful, intentional, and purposeful way to support others.
- Are comfortable sitting with big emotions and complex situations.
- Have a holistic understanding of mental health concerns and suicidality and work from a relational perspective.
- Have good problem solving skills and can work as part of a team and independently.
- Have outstanding communication skills and are able to engage in conversations that are sometimes complicated and challenging.
- Understand the value of professional and personal boundaries and how to apply these, while developing and maintaining authentic connections from a Lived-Experience perspective.
- Possess an Australian driver’s license. Please note, shortlisted candidates will also be required to undertake a federal police check.
Training in relevant practice tools including suicide intervention skills will be provided. Both roles mentioned in this ad pay level 3.4 of the SACS award which is currently $38.60 per hour base rate + loading of 25% for casuals at an effective rate of $48.25 per hour (plus weekend/evening allowances).
To apply, please click the Apply Now button and attach your resume and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) telling us a bit about:
- You - We value people as a whole and we don’t expect you to park your personality at the door, so please tell us a bit about you!
- How you use your Lived Experience in your practice.
- Your emotional resilience – This work can be tough so we would like to know how you balance that off with ensuring that you don’t burn out and become overwhelmed.
- Any skills that you may have in connecting with a diverse community of people in South Brisbane who have a range of different life experiences and support needs.
- Which role you are applying for, as well as your availability and the ideal number of hours that you would like to work per week.
Brook RED supports a diverse community and celebrates diversity representative of the people we support. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People, and people who identify as LGBTIQAP+.
We will be conducting rolling interviews as we receive applications so if you are keen to apply we encourage you to do so as early as possible.
Applications close at 5pm 21st June 2024. For any questions related to the application process, please email *********@brookred.org.au
