Support individuals and families affected by alcohol and drug use with innovative skills and interventions.
Purpose:
The Family Peer Worker role involves providing impactful support to families, carers, and friends of people dependent on AOD. This position requires leveraging lived experience to connect meaningfully with individuals and families, helping them navigate services and systems.
Become part of a supportive, inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and personal and professional growth is championed.
* Leverage your lived experience to support others
* Offer true empathy and understanding, helping individuals and their families build on their strengths and resilience
* Bring a real 'knowing' of what people may require, offering insight and connection through your lived experience and the collective experience of carers.
Key Responsibilities:
Job Description:
Utilize evidence-based skills and interventions to provide professional support to individuals and families requesting assistance with alcohol and drug use.
Collaborate with community-based organisations to offer impactful support and advocate for program participants to ensure accessibility to healthcare and services.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Lived experience as a support person
* Able to leverage this experience to support others
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Benefits:
Becoming part of a supportive and inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and personal and professional growth is championed.