Peer Worker Missiondale - Part Time

Peer Worker Missiondale – Part time (22 hours)

City Mission is seeking an individual to provide peer support to current and future residents of Missiondale by using their own lived experience of substance use and subsequent recovery. The newly created position requires the employee to develop working relationships with Missiondale residents and Missiondale staff.  Primarily the Peer Worker will be responsible for supporting residents during program at Missiondale to apply the values, principles and guidelines of Missiondale as a Therapeutic Community in order to work towards recovery. 

Missiondale provides a supportive environment for people engaging in long-term recovery in a Therapeutic Community setting. Missiondale is set on a peaceful 25 acres outside of Evandale and is funded for 34 beds, delivering a six-month program. The program includes individual and group therapy, skills development, case management and clinical support. Clients who enter Missiondale have completed their detox or withdrawal period elsewhere prior to admission.

Please note – this role involves Alcohol and Other Drugs case work, not Disability Support. 

Please address the selection criteria below in your application.

SELECTION CRITERIA 

Essential Qualifications/Experience: 

• Lived experience in the area of substance use and/or substance dependence.
• An in-depth understanding of your own personal recovery process and the willingness to continue to engage in appropriate recovery supports. 
• A willingness to purposefully and respectfully use your own lived experience to help others understand their own recovery journey.
• Completion of SHARC Peer Worker Training or equivalent, or willingness to complete.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Self-reflective and resilient with the ability to maintain boundaries and demands associated with assisting clients in crisis.
• Satisfactory National Police Check and WWVP check.
• Current Tasmanian Driver’s Licence.

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

• Experience or demonstrated capacity to work in an organisation adopting a Christian ethos.
• Experience and confidence in group facilitation. 
• Lived experience in recovery centre using the Therapeutic Community (TC) model.

This position and salary will be based on the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010. As a Public Benevolent Institution, Launceston City Mission employees are eligible to salary package through our approved provider.

If you have a passion to work as part of a friendly team in a caring, compassionate environment, knowing that our success will be directed towards community services, individuals at risk of homelessness and those struggling with dependency related problems, we encourage you to apply.

Please send your application addressing the selection criteria and your ability to effectively perform the primary tasks above to the Manager People & Culture, Launceston City Mission, PO Box 168, Launceston, or upload it to the SEEK website.

A full position description is available via our website – www.citymission.org.au/support-us/work-with-us.

Applications close on Tuesday 2 April 2024 at 9am