Are you a Mental Health Worker or have lived experience of mental health and recovery?

Would you like to support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the community?

Join us today and contribute to a shared goal of health and social equity!

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. We are committed to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging.

Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their roles. That's why we're committed to enabling staff's full participation through promoting.

About the role

The role of the Community Mental Health Worker/Peer Worker is to provide psychosocial and recovery support in partnership with clients, families/carers and other community services to maximise personal recovery, health and wellbeing and social inclusion for young people and adults living with a mental illness. There is flexibility for this role to be undertaken both part time (4 days) or full time, from sites located in Kensington, Parkville and Sunshine.

Additional information can be obtained from the attached position description.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification and/or significant experience or a lived experience of mental health and an experience of mental health recovery.
• Experience working in community mental health with clients who present with a high level of complexity, vulnerability and disadvantage.
• Ability to work in a complex and changing environment with accountability to clients, teams and management.
• Understanding of challenges people with mental illness and their families face with along with recovery models of care, psychosocial support, youth developmental frameworks, and best practice evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to work in a strengths-based framework to facilitate client choice.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the team and a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the provision of quality services.
• Outstanding ability to respectfully seek and utilise client-centred recovery oriented secondary consultation with Peer Community Mental Health Workers.

Application process

Click on Apply Now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume, and answer the questions provided on Talent Propeller.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Justine English by email on [email protected], using the subject line: Community Mental Health Worker / Peer Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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