Peer Worker (Supported Transfer of Care) - Plains Mental Health Access Team

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed 
and develop in your chosen career role. 

About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region. 

NBMLHD Community Mental Health offer a range of specialised services for children, young people, families and older people, through our community-based services and health centres. Our multidisciplinary health professionals and case managers take a collaborative approach to mental health care by linking with their patients to work together and consult within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.

Our Plains Mental Health Access team seeking to engage a Peer Worker to join the Supported Transfer of Care program and bring their own lived experience of mental health challenges and personal recovery journey to help support the personal recovery for mental health consumers. Through your lived experience, you will help our consumers and other key stakeholders have access to and mechanisms for receiving and sharing information and participating in the evaluation of our service.

The Peer Supported Transfer of Care (Peer-STOC) initiative will provide assertive support and post discharge follow-up for consumers who are transitioning between acute mental health care and the community. This initiative works to actively reduce the 28-day readmission rate for consumers leaving acute mental health care by providing peer support for up to 6 weeks following discharge.

This role will assist to offer hope to consumers who are leaving acute mental health care, facilitate contact with people who have a personal lived experience of recovery and firsthand experience in wellbeing management. The successful incumbent will ensure provision of assertive in-reach for consumers in acute mental health units in the 7 days prior to their discharge. These meetings are to establish relationships, build rapport, discuss wellbeing strategies and collaboratively identify supports needed to transition into the community.

Peer-STOC peer workers will provide direct face-to-face follow up on the day directly following discharge, and no later than 72 hours after discharge. Support will be provided for up to 6 weeks following an acute admission. We invite you in contributing to the success of your local health community. Apply Today!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

·         Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full time employees

·         Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging 

·         Novated Leasing 

·         Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year 

·         Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members 

·         Fitness Passport 

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards. 

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.