“Full citizenship for all people living with a mental illness in Australian society”

About the Role

• Casual Position
• Classification: Consumer Service Delivery Level 2, with a salary range of $34.07 - $36.54 per hour + casual loading
• Location: Urgent Mental Health Care Centre, SA.
• Hours: 7 Day Rotating Roster includes evenings, overnights and weekends.

Overview Of The Position

Peer Support Workers are integral members of the team and represent 50% of the workforce within the UMHCC. Peer Support workers draw on their lived experience of recovery from mental illness, mental health crisis or caring for someone living with a mental illness to instill confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery. You must have a lived experience of your own mental illness/caring role, and a rich understanding of the processes of recovery. You must be willing to purposefully use your own story to help others further their own understanding of recovery.

Overview Of The Program

The Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (UMHCC) is an exciting service which will provide South Australian’s an alternative service to attend when experiencing mental health crisis. The UMHCC is a 24 hour, 7 days a week service and is a first of its kind service in Australia and is based on our formal partner, RI International’s (RII) “Crisis Now” movement and their international leading lived experience, high engagement, multi-disciplinary crisis model offering an alternative to Emergency Department presentations.

What you will bring to the role?

• Lived experience of your own mental illness and a rich understanding of your own processes of recovery
• A willingness to purposefully use your own story to help others further their own understanding of recovery
• Experience of the public or private mental health system

• A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (highly desired) OR Alternative training or experience as a Peer Worker OR A Mental Health (or equivalent Human Services or Community Services) qualification of Certificate IV level or above
• Ability to foster and maintain respectful, professional relationships with consumers, staff and organisations

Mandatory role requirements:

• Neami National will require, as part of our condition of employment, that all candidates applying for any position must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (have received three doses), (or have received two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine and have a scheduled appointment to receive their third dose.)

• Candidates will be required to provide appropriate evidence of COVID-19 vaccination to Neami National.
• National Criminal History Check (Police check) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check required before commencement of work
• Current Vulnerable Persons Check required before commencement of work
• Current Drivers licence
• Australian Working Rights

About Neami National

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

Incentives include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Induction and extensive Learning and Development Program
• Regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Salary Packaging program providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Benestar

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:

• Lainey Reynolds, Acting Clinical Services Manager, at [email protected], using the subject line: Peer Support Worker - UMHCC enquiry via EthicalJobs

A position description is attached.

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.