- Part time roles available in both Shellharbour & Kiama centres – flexible days & hours
- Draw on your lived experience of recovery from mental illness to support young people
- Make a positive difference to the lives of young people in the community
- Join a team that is passionate, inclusive and supportive
About us
headspace provides support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing mild to moderate or emerging mental health issues. The multidisciplinary teams at headspace Shellharbour and Kiama work to improve health, social, vocational and educational outcomes for young people.
Grand Pacific Health is the lead agency of headspace Shellharbour and Kiama. We are a not-for-profit, primary health care organisation providing locally-tailored, high quality physical and mental health services across NSW and the ACT.
About the position
The Peer Worker will work within the headspace Shellharbour & Kiama teams to provide open, appropriate and effective support to young people accessing or considering connection to headspace services.
The Peer Worker works collaboratively with other team members at the centre to provide individual support to young people to facilitate their engagement and social inclusion.
As a Peer Worker, drawing on your own lived experience of mental health challenges, mental health service use, as well as periods of healing and personal recovery will be critical to support people accessing the service with their own lived experience of the same.
There are two roles available, both are part time (22.5 hours per week) at our Shellharbour & Kiama centres. Each role is fixed term until 30 June 2025 with possibility of extension. The positions will be initially Wollongong based until our brand-new Shellharbour and Kiama hubs are established, expected early 2024.
Why join GPH?
- Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance – hours and days are negotiable
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- Regular supervision and support within your team
- Generous salary packaging options
- We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support!
We are looking for someone with:
- Practical knowledge and understanding of young people and/or you may be a young person
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or commencement or a willingness to work towards qualification within first year)
- Direct lived experience of life changing mental health challenges, mental health service use, as well as periods of healing and personal recovery.
- Capacity to appropriately share ones own experience of recovery, establish relationships and boundaries and communicate effectively
Interested?
Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the ‘apply’ button to submit your application.
During application you will have the opportunity to provide information responding to all selection criteria in the position description. Please ensure that you address all criteria, or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process.
For more information contact: Charo Serventy, Service Manager headspace Shellharbour & Kiama on 0448 274 131 or [email protected]
Applications close: Sunday 19th November 2023
*Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, young people from multicultural communities and people with a disability.
Selected applicants will be asked to provide evidence of compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination.