Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.

• Full-Time Position 
• Peer Support Worker Level 2 Year 1 to Level 3 Year 4 – based on experience
• Located at Albert Road Clinic and Alfred Health

The Department

AMAH has a mental health service and planning responsibility for residents of inner south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne.  We care for people with severe and complex mental illness and psychological distress seeking specialist mental health & addiction treatment, care, and support.  We are committed to implementing the reform agenda established by the Victorian government following the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.   

The SWMHC is an innovative project being developed in response to the Royal Commission recommendations for partnerships between the public and private sector, and the need for gender segregation and sexually safe units.  

We recognise that women experiencing mental ill-health have specific needs that differ from their male counterparts that require tailored treatment and support. 

Our 30-bed facility located at Albert Road Clinic Hub will be run in partnership with Ramsay Health, and our 5-bed facility located at Shepparton Private Hospital will be run in partnership with Ramsay Health and GV Health.

The unit will provide a state-wide comprehensive specialist service for women and those who identify as women experiencing severe mental ill-health and trauma. Our care will be trauma informed and wellness focused. 

You can read more about the SWMHC here [ABC Article] and here (Premier announcement).  

The Role

Using your lived experience of mental health challenges to build positive connections with consumers to support their personal recovery and wellbeing and improve engagement and self-management.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Essential 

• Lived experience of your own mental challenges and a rich understanding of your own processes of recovery that inspires hope and belief in recovery
  • A willingness to purposefully use your own story to help others further their own understanding of recovery
  • Be able to articulate the guiding principles, values and ethics of peer support work
  • Demonstrated effective negotiation, time management, and written and verbal communication skills within a team environment
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to consumer led recovery
  • Demonstrated experience of developing and facilitating group activities
  • Experience of the public or private mental health system
  • Ability to balance both service and consumer needs

Desirable 

• Ability to think creatively and outside the box when delivering activities
  • Experience of the public or private mental health system
  • Demonstrated understanding of the role of supervision, reflective practices, ongoing personal/professional development and other mechanisms that sustain motivation and enthusiasm
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to plan, implement and reflect on your peer led activities 

Enquiries: Jennifer Babb, Director Statewide Specialist Women’s Mental Health Unit Alfred Mental and Addiction Health via email  [email protected]

Applications close: Sunday 6th November 2022 by 11pm AEST

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.  Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.    

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au