Selectability is a not-for-profit charity that aims to improve mental wellbeing and contribute to suicide prevention across regional Queensland.
We provide NDIS supports, offer clinical services, and deliver government funded mental wellbeing, carer and youth support programs.
We are one of the largest providers of mental health services in our diverse region – extending from Cairns to Rockhampton and Palm Island to Mount Isa.
Our focus is always on the individual and their goals and aspirations.
Our values
Our values define what we stand for and how we work.
* Commitment: Consumers, their goals and their rights are everything.
* Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions.
* Compassion: We understand and care deeply about our consumers.
* Respect: We acknowledge that everyone is different and promote equal human rights.
* Integrity: We do the right thing even when no one is looking.
* Innovation: We believe that every day is an opportunity to improve.
* Positivity: We engender courage and passion for a better future.
As a Peer Support Worker, you will use your person-centered approach and knowledge of mental health to facilitate group activities and programs to help those living with mental illness.
You will draw on your lived experience of recovery from mental illness to instil hope and confidence in others. As a Peer Worker, you will provide person-centered, trauma-informed support which values lived experience.
Key Responsibilities
* Support individuals with mental illness.
* Improve access to support services, mental health outcomes and equity in service availability for individuals and groups across our region.
* Engage with communities and stakeholders.
* Reduce the avoidable need for more intense and acute health services.
* Contribute to the design and implementation of recovery-orientated group programs.
* Facilitate group activities and programs to support consumers.
* Manage data and perform some administrative duties.
About You
The ideal candidate:
1. Has a genuine interest in mental health (experience is desirable).
2. Is committed to our values.
3. Has