Organisation : One Door Mental Health
Location : Australia, New South Wales, Sydney (Central and Eastern Sydney)
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Community Support Services, Mental Health
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 20 Apr, 2018
About the organisation
One Door Mental Health is a community-based mental health organisation providing a range of recovery-based services to people with a mental illness, their relatives and carers.
At One Door we work to create a world in which people with mental illness are valued and treated as equals. We live our values and this reflected in 74% of our staff having a lived experience of mental
illness, either themselves or as a carer.
One Door Mental Health developed Health Care to provide affordable allied health services to people with mental illness, and their families, who are unable to find these services due to financial constraints, or clinician unavailability. Health Care operates from four sites in Sydney, each clinic being co-located with other One Door recovery services. We have psychologists, mental health social workers, exercise physiologists and dieticians providing Better Access, Primary Health Network funded psychological services and NDIS services to clients.
One Door has been commissioned by Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network to deliver the Primary Integrated Care Supports Program (PICS) to support GPs and psychiatrists to support
people living with severe and persistent mental illness to stay well living in the community. One Door is seeking more peer workers to join our team and help expand the service.
PICS peer workers will work in a team with an experienced mental health nurse and be supported by the PICS peer worker coordinator. We are looking for people willing to use their lived experience of
mental illness to support others. This role provides the opportunity complete a Cert IV in Peer Work.
About the role
The Peer Worker role:
- Establish one-to-one supportive relationships based on peer support values that focus on purposeful use of lived experience to support peoples’ recovery
- Peer self-management education
- Maintain links and access to psychosocial services to support consumer needs (e.g. housing, financial support, social support)
- Provide information on health services and system navigation
- Support people to access available supports and options as required by the person
- Record minimum data for each session delivered to/for a consumer in CESPHN’s consumer information management system
To succeed in this role you will need the following:
- Lived experience of mental illness and the ability to use that experience to support others
- Relevant qualification in mental health – eg. Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
- Ability to develop rapport with mental health clients
- Understanding of the NSW mental health system
- Understanding of recovery based framework
- Ability to work effectively in the community
- Excellent communication skills
- Computer skills sufficient to the role, including the use of Client Information Management System
- Current and valid first aid certificate
Don’t miss this opportunity to join a recognised and respected organisation!
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Mental Health Peer Worker - Primary Care Setting via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Support_Services, #Mental_Health
