Employment Type : Permanent Part Time (32 hours per week)
Position Classification : Health Education Officer Graduate/Non Graduate
Remuneration : $32.77 - $59.89 per hour + annual leave loading + Superannuation
Location : Community Mental Health Services
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
Community Mental Health Services provide a range of services designed to help support the recovery and help consumer stay well in the community. The team provide specialist services for young people, children and families, adults, and older people. Community mental health services include a specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Team, bilingual mental health workers and Peer Support Workers. Our main sites are at Canterbury, Croydon, Camperdown, Marrickville, and Redfern Community Health Services. The role will be based at Redfern.
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.
For more information, please view the Position Description
Ideal Candidate
1. Personal experience of mental distress and demonstrated experience using recovery principles. A degree in a relevant field is required for