Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 56446
**Monash Health Mental Health Services **provides a range of community, bed-based and specialist services covering the Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash LGAs - a population of nearly one million.
The Mobile Support and Treatment Service provides intensive recovery-oriented treatment to consumers experiencing a range of mental health problems in their own environment.
**About the Role**
An exciting new opportunity exists to join out enhanced Mobile Support and Treatment Service as a Consumer Peer Support Worker. The Dandenong Mobile Support and Treatment is looking for someone with lived experience to join our dynamic team.
This role is part time position (0.5eft) 5 days per fortnight.
**About You**
You are able to use your own life experience of mental health and personal recovery to support people with a lived experience of mental health issues.
**What we offer**:
- mentorship and career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- a supportive learning environment
In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay, access to onsite discounted staff car parking and gym (only where relevant), uniform (only where relevant) and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
**How to Apply**
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.