Senior Peer Worker Recovery Centre
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Maternity Relief)
Position Classification: Health Education Officer
Remuneration: $36.04 - $57.58 ph + super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ563095
Location: Broken Hill NSW 2880
- Great opportunity to join a supportive team and where you can make a real impact in providing the best patient experience.
- Only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need on your doorstep
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.
What you'll be doing
- Far West Local Health District (FWLHD) Mental Health Services are committed to building a professional Peer Workforce that supports for consumers living with mental illness and distress in their recovery journey.
- The Mental Health Peer Workforce in FWLHD is comprised of employees who have the lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery, as well as additional life and work skills they bring to the role.
The Peer Workforce is seen as vital in the support and guidance they positively offer to Consumers and the Mental Health Service.
The Senior Peer Worker position is a senior role within the FWLHD Peer Services team and wider Peer Workforce. - The Senior Peer Worker will assist with the Peer Supervision and Support of Peer Workers in carrying out their role, as delegated by the Recovery Centre Manager.
- The Senior Peer Worker will contribute to and assist the Recovery Centre Manager with tasks related to the overall planning, development and evaluation of FWLHD Peer Services, Peer Workforce and Mental Health Services. This position will work across the wider FWLHD area. The Senior Peer Worker will report to the Recovery Centre Manager.
- The Senior Peer Worker - Peer Services will work across FWLHD to provide Peer Support and Advocacy to Consumers in both the Inpatient setting (which includes the Acute and Rehabilitation settings) and the Community Mental Health Services, as delegated.
What is on offer
- 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
- Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment.
- Novated leasing
- Fitness passport
- Isolation & climate allowance
- Support through advanced education & training
- A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.
In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:
- Demonstrated experience in peer work at a senior level and/or a leadership role in similar position. Minimum of 3 years of experience as a peer worker. A degree in a relevant field is required for payment at a Graduate level.
- Personal experience as a consumer of mental health services and ability to use your own lived and living experience to support others in their own mental health recovery journey. Demonstrated ability to promote recovery from the consumer perspective
- Demonstrated experience in determining priorities, strategies, developing policy and leading peer support and consumer advocacy activities and programs.
- Demonstrated experience in effectively supervising, coaching and developing staff.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team to build relationships with experience providing support and guidance to peer workers.
- Demonstrated effective negotiation, time management, written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across community and inpatient settings. Flexibility in working hours would be advantageous.
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer work or willing to complete within 12 months after starting.
- Have a current and valid Australian Drivers Licence and be able to work across different locations in FWLHD.
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Tahlia Kerin on Tahlia.Kerin@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 6th April 2025
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Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe.
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At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
