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SalaryReference Number 182768
Position Title Peer Worker - Mental Health Therapy Services
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Program Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services
Location 131 Myers Street
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 64
Position Summary
- Join a supportive and inclusive team and service who value your contribution
- Opportunity to develop individual and group Peer Worker skills in a specialist service
- Permanent Part-time – 64 hours per fortnight
The Mental Health Therapy Services develops and provides individual and group peer support, specialist assessment, consultation and evidenced-based psychotherapies as part of consumer’s treatment within Barwon Health's Community Mental Health services. This includes dedicated Peer Workers, occupational therapy, art therapy, ASD services, comprehensive psychotherapy programs for personality disorders and/or a history of trauma, education on personality disorder, and trainee programs. This is an innovative and expanding service which will be based in our new MH and Well-being hub in Central Geelong.
About you
- Trained in the delivery of a peer led approach to service delivery
- Lived experience of mental illness (distress)
- Lived experience of engagement with public Mental Health services
- Lived experience of Recovery and capacity to reflect on personal recovery processes
- Previous experience delivering groups
As guided by the Lived Experience Discipline Lead, Senior Peer Worker and the Operational Manager of the Therapy Services team, you will:
- Provide individual and peer support to people with a lived experience of mental distress who access Therapy Services
- Work collaboratively with therapists and Peer Workers to deliver peer groups
- Participate in interprofessional team meetings
- EBA leave entitlements and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional Development
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Attractive salary packaging benefits!
- Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments
- Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure
At Barwon 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.
If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact noting your preferred method of communication and a member of the team will be in touch.
Applicants for this role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
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Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Lived experience of mental illness
Essential: Experience utilising the public Mental Health system
Desirable: Experience and/or training in intentional peer support
Desirable: Experience in delivery of peer led group programs
Desirable: Experience working in a health care setting
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health's immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.
Contact Person Amy Langbein
Contact Person Job Title Manager
Contact Number 0448 377 500
Alternate Contact Person Anna Sowden
Alternate Contact Number
Closing Date 06/02/2024
