headspace Peer Support Worker – up to 1.0 FTE (pro rata + Super + Salary Packaging)
About Us
Thank you for your interest in applying for the position of headspace Berri Peer Support Worker with FocusOne Health. FocusOne Health is a purpose led, Not for Profit, organisation with strong organisational values and culture. To find out more about our organisation, please visit www.focusonehealth.com.au/about
About the Role
headspace Peer Support Workers provide compassionate and engaged communication from a perspective of lived or living experience of mental illness and recovery into relevant and meaningful information, resources and support for people entering, continuing, or re-visiting headspace Berri.
The Peer Support Worker uses personal recovery expertise to support the growth of hope, self-advocacy, social connections and recovery strategies in the individuals, families and carers they work alongside of. They will championing a strengths-based approach to peer-led self-determined positions of personal wellness.
Working adjacent to clinical staff within headspace Berri, the Peer Support Worker creates momentum within the flow of care, seamlessly linking people with internal and external services, elevating the voices of lived experience in mental health recovery while advocating for individuals needs and recovery goals. Social support structures and recovery skills are nurtured in a peer to peer learning environment built on common experience, mutual understanding, acceptance, and respect to facilitate recovery.
FocusOne Health offers a supportive environment, working with a team of dedicated professionals to support your career development. Access to significant Professional Development opportunities is available.
We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a lived experience of mental ill-health, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTIQA+.
The successful applicant will be remunerated in accordance with FocusOne Health’s EBA dependent on skills, experience, and qualifications. We offer flexible terms and conditions and attractive salary packaging arrangements. For more information about salary packaging, please visit Discover salary packaging – Community Business Bureau (cbb.com.au).
Comprehensive onboarding and induction to the role will be provided to the successful applicant.
We reserve the right to appoint to the role prior to the application closure date.
How to Apply
Applicants are required to address the Selection Criteria of the Job Description below in their cover letter in order to be considered. Job Descriptions can be found at https://focusonehealth.com.au/careers/headspace-peer-support-worker/
Your application addressing the selection criteria and current resume, including contact details for 3 referees, are to be emailed [email protected]
Further information can be obtained by contacting Gemma Nickolai, headspace Berri Centre Manager at FocusOne Health on (08) 8582 4422.