Employment Type: Temporary Full time (38 hours per week) up to June 2026 with the possibility of on going employment or Permanent part time (24 hours per week)
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Graduate and Non Graduate
Remuneration: $32.77- $59.89 per hour + annual leave loading + Superannuation
Location: Concord Centre for Mental Health
Requisition ID: REQ
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
Concord Centre for Mental Health is committed to improving mental health for people and our communities by providing quality mental health services in partnership with consumers, families and service providers by providing quality healthcare, delivery of safe appropriate care, ensuring access to services, supporting our workforce, and working closely with the local community to manage the changing demand for services.
The Peer Support Worker uses their lived experience of mental health in a purposeful way that provides hope for consumers, and practical strategies that support recovery.
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-led, and provide support contingent on peer choice. Peer Support Workers will work within the model of care for the team they work in.
Child protection – child protection is the core responsibility of all who work in the child and adolescent mental health
service. All staff are required to have detailed knowledge of and comply with policies and procedures relating to Child
Protection and the NSW Health Code of Conduct. All clinicians are responsible for ensuring that identified issues are
documented, escalated and action occurs as appropriate.
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