Senior Health Education Officer (Graduate or Non-Graduate) - Safe Haven Community Mental Health Services
Position Classification: Senior Health Education Officer Graduate/Non-Graduate
Remuneration: $97,316 - $114,173 per annum + annual leave loading + 11.5% Superannuation
Location: Safe Haven, Newtown
Requisition ID: REQ569806
Sydney Local Health District is one of the fastest growing Local Health Districts in New South Wales. Our facilities and services are world class and our staff are dedicated, innovative and caring.
About the Role
This role will support consumers across four main areas:
- Developing good physical and mental health.
- Access to housing, employment and education.
- Re-discovering a sense of purpose and personal identity.
- Forming active connections to the community of the consumers' choice.
Peer Support Workers work with individuals and groups, are always person-centred, and provide support contingent on peer choice. Peer Support Workers will work within the model of care for the team they work in.
The Senior Peer Support Worker carries an additional remit of workforce development, systems advocacy and representation. This position will:
- Facilitate the development of foundational Peer Support skills in the lived experience workforce.
- Ensure supervision for the lived experience workforce.
- Develop and implement the structures required for the lived experience workforce to function and develop effectively.
- Ensure that the lived experience workforce is practicing best practice peer support.
- Represent the lived experience workforce in systems advocacy at all levels of the organisation.
- Represent the lived experience workforce at for a external to the organisation.
- Develop and foster relationships with external providers that create opportunities to improve consumer outcomes and increase community mental health literacy.
- Amplify the lived experience voice at all levels of the organisation.
For more information, please view the Position Description
Ideal Candidate
- Personal experience of mental distress, and demonstrated experience using recovery principles. A degree in a relevant field is required for payment at Graduate rate.
- Experience as a Peer Support Worker and demonstrated experience in providing and evaluating group and individual peer led interventions.
- Excellent computing skills, ability to use Microsoft applications in an office setting.
- Ability to work some extended hours during the week.
Benefits and Perks!
- Accrued Day Off each month, paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus
- Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
- Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families
- Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health
This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).
SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
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For enquiries, please contact Mark Leelawittayanon via email at mark.leelawittayanon@health.nsw.gov.au
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Applications Close: 27 April 2025
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