About Orygen

Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.

For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.

About the job

The Family Peer Worker will work within a team of Family Peer Workers who offer empathetic listening, provide support and information, connection and peer support drawing on their own lived experience of supporting their own children, young adult family members and significant others with mental ill health.

Reporting to the Family Peer Work Lead, you will:

• Promote and advocate for the voice of families within the local multi-disciplinary team.
• Offer informal drop-in and appointment-based services for the families of young people who attend headspace to provide support, information, psychoeducation, empathic listening and connection.
• Offer empathic listening and provide support to families of young people attending headspace. This will be a person-centred, strengths-based approach and may be face-to-face, by telephone or using video conferencing platforms.
• Provide assistance with linking families into other family support, mental health, AOD and other relevant services in their area.

Our headspace sites operate after 5pm multiple times a week, availability to work across rotating shifts required.

Skills and experience

The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

• A personal experience of supporting a child and/or young adult family member who is/was experiencing mental ill health or alcohol and other drugs who is not currently receiving services from an Orygen led headspace centre, Orygen Recovery or Orygen.
• Capacity to share your own lived experience in a meaningful, appropriate and considered way.
• Capacity and willingness to conduct groups with families.
• High level interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with a diverse range of people, families and stakeholders.
• Cert IV in Peer Work, and/ or Foundations of Peer Work and/or Core Intentional Peer Support training would be desirable.

Benefits

• Salary package between $66,018 - $72,045 commensurate with skills and experience pro rata + 11.5% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
• Make a real impact on young people in a dynamic, youth-centred environment.
• Be part of a team that values collaboration and innovative thinking, driving impactful results.
• Play a key role in innovative research, clinical services, and community engagement.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to make a difference in youth mental health and be part of a collaborative, innovative team, apply now.

A position description is attached.

This is a part time (0.4FTE) ongoing position.

Applications will remain open until closing date, unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.

Before applying at Orygen, it’s important to understand that you may encounter sensitive information related to mental health as part of your work. Being aware of this and how it could affect you is essential in deciding if this is the right opportunity for you.

Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services. All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check and successful police check.