Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams
Flourish Australia has exciting opportunities for Peer Workers to join our established Young team.
The positions available are:
* Closed-term Full-time until 30 June 2026(with the possibility of extension)
* Casual
* Working across a rotating roster including weekdays and weekends
* Based in Young
* Attractive hourly rates equivalent to $38.65-$41.45/hour + Super + Additional Benefits
About the Opportunities
As a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue.
Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australia's largest peer workforces, a proven, strengths-based approach to mental health recovery. Peer work is a cornerstone of our services with more than half of our workforce having had a lived experience of a mental health issue. By applying personal experience in mental health, Peer Workers can empathise, support, and inspire people in finding their own path to recovery.
On a day to day basis, you will be required (but not limited to):
* Effectively and appropriately hold crucial conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them, support them and build reciprocity, via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience
* Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused, whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
* Support the person to make links to the community that meet their recovery wants and needs.
* Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
* Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.
* Listen to and support people to create opportunities and activities that meet their interests and goals.
Full criteria and position description are available within the application.
The Benefits
* Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
* Tax-free Salary Packagingavailable up to $15,900 (casuals ineligible)
* Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading + 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave (casuals ineligible)
* Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
* Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
* Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
* Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team supportand a comprehensive inductionprogram
* Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
* Personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
* Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
Selection Criteria
* A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
* A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
* A current Australian Driver's Licence.
Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.
Interviews to be held on a rolling basis. Apply now