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Flourish Australia has multiple exciting opportunities for Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers to join our new Rockhampton team!
The positions available are:
* Ongoing & closed-term full-time (76 hours/fortnight)
* Outreach positions based from Rockhampton
* Working Monday to Friday
* Positions are equivalent to SCHCADS Level 3 $37.35-$40.05/hour + 11.5% Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging
About the Opportunities
As a Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker, you will support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people to maintain wellness and realise their goals.
On a day to day basis you will:
* Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people.
* Encourage shared learning experiences, and support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information and education.
* Ensure that individual support is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services that meet their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible.
* Be ‘hands on’ and involved in direct service delivery.
We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey. Therefore, our Peer Worker roles are for those willing to use their lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue. You will use your lived experience to inform and contribute to staff learning, service understanding, and delivering person-led, strengths focused, recovery based service.
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 Packaging available up to $15,900
* Vehicle Mileage Allowance
* 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
* 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
* Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
* Exclusive 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.
Who we are
Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
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.
All successful applicants will be required to declare any private or secondary employment prior to commencement in line with Flourish Australia’s Private or Secondary Employment Policy.
Interviews to be held on a rolling basis. Apply now!
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
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* Job function
Health Care Provider
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Non-profit Organizations and Health and Human Services
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