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Level 4 Peer Worker (Transition)

Job No: FLO1383
Location: Orange Resolve

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Peer Worker (Transition) to join the Resolve Program in Orange!

The position is full-time with the successful candidate working a rotating roster including evening and night shifts. This position is classified at Level 4 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018).

About the Opportunity

As a Peer Worker (Transition), your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue.

A Peer Worker uses this lived experience openly, appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people they support that also have a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will also use your lived experience to inform and contribute to staff learning, service understanding, and delivering person-led, strengths focused, recovery based language, documentation, training and actions.

Being a member of the Resolve program, the Peer Worker (Transition) is responsible for:

  • Supporting the transition planning of people who transition within the Resolve program;
  • Establishing exit/transition processes; and
  • Developing a suite of communication strategies for all key stakeholders to ensure that minimal distress and disruption is caused to people exiting the program.

For more information about what it means to be a Peer Worker (Transition) with Flourish Australia, please review the Position Description and the Peer Worker information statement “What You Should Consider Before Becoming A Peer Worker”.

Who we are

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. For over 60 years, we have provided individual support to people with a lived experience of a mental health issue for them to live purposeful lives.

Our vision is to create communities where everyone’s mental health and wellbeing flourishes. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.

Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island backgrounds, people from CALD and LGBTI communities and mature age candidates.

About the Resolve Program

The Resolve program is a unique mental health program that provides alternative support for people with a mental health issue who present frequently to Emergency Departments and spend long periods admitted to a mental health inpatient facility. The Resolve program supports people with complex support needs and interacts with a range of services and sectors involved in their care.

The Resolve program is first and foremost an early intervention program, which aims to reduce the likelihood of people being admitted to a mental health inpatient unit. To achieve this, the Resolve program provides participants with an opportunity to attend a short-term residential stay complemented with outreach support. The combination of these early intervention support pathways assists people to live well and stay well in the community without the need to attend a mental health inpatient unit.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

  1. A relevant degree with at least 2-years experience in the community mental health sector.
  2. A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
  3. Willing and able to effectively, respectfully, and appropriately use your lived experience of a mental health issue.
  4. A strong commitment and advanced understanding of recovery-based practice in the workplace.
  5. A good understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
  6. Good knowledge Microsoft Office and expert knowledge of data information management systems.
  7. Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Desirable:

  1. Good knowledge of the local area and its health services and other community services.
  2. A current First Aid Certificate is highly desirable for this position.

Skills and Attributes

  • Advanced knowledge of person led recovery-focused practice and its application in the workplace
  • Commitment to, and experience in, working with diverse communities
  • Extensive local knowledge of the area and its health services and other community services
  • Ability to think creatively, solve problems, be people focused and work in partnership
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage with people using our services
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Be proficient with technology and have a workable knowledge of databases

For further information, please contact, Senior Cluster Manager, Jenny Craig. Email: jenny.craig@flourishaustralia.org.au (please do not email applications)

About the Benefits

  • Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900;
  • Family-friendly and flexible working conditions;
  • Comprehensive infrastructure fleet vehicles, mobile phones and other resources for work purposes; and
  • Career development opportunities.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please complete the questions below. You will then be asked to attach a copy of your resume on the following page, we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.

Applications close 5pm 7th February. Please note; This date may be extended or brought forward as required.

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