Peer Support Worker, Safe Haven - Tweed

🔍 Tweed Heads, Tweed Mental Health Services | Far North Coast

📁: Health Education Officer

💼: Northern NSW Local Health District

📅   : REQ483523 Requisition #

High quality healthcare. Quality of life. Learn and grow in your career and in your life with more opportunities and more flexibility.

Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Health Educ Off Non Grad
Remuneration: $30.45 - $44.03 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ483523

This is a casual pool recruitment for Tweed Byron Safe Haven Mental Health services.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

About the role

Safe Haven aims to reduce deaths by suicide and suicide attempts by providing rapid, appropriate and compassionate care to people at risk of suicide in an alternative non-clinical environment. It is facilitated by clinicians and peer workers and accessible out of usual business hours. People may self-present, be redirected by the Emergency Department or other Health services, brought in by ambulance or police services or referred by local stakeholders such as GPs, community managed organisations or crisis response services. Safe Haven is primarily a non-clinical service though supported by a clinician as it is recognised people may attend seeking clinical support. Support is person centered and recovery orientated.

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay.
Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing.
Growth – access to professional and personal development.
Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Amie Dutton on Amie.Dutton@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 7 May 2024

This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions.

NNNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably. For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.border.gov.au.

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

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Peer Support Worker, Safe Haven - Tweed

🔍 Tweed Heads, Tweed Mental Health Services | Far North Coast

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