Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 1st Jun 2021
We have multiple exciting opportunities for Peer Workers and Mental Health Workers to join our growing Katoomba and Lithgow teams!
Katoomba:
Lithgow:
You will be working a rotating roster including weekends and evening shifts. All positions are classified at Level 3 on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018).
Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
As a Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker, you will work in the community to support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people to maintain wellness and realise their goals. On a day to day basis you will:
The difference between the two roles is a Peer Worker is required to use their lived experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery openly, appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people they support that also experience a mental health issue.
It is not a requirement for Mental Health Workers to use their lived experience of a mental health issue in their everyday work.
For further information, please contact Laura Myers, Manager. E: [email protected], using the subject line: Peer Workers / Mental Health Workers - Katoomba enquiry via EthicalJobs.
All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a Working With Children Check, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks.
A position description is attached.