Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker
Core
Support people with lived experience of mental health issues to achieve their hopes and dreams through direct, person-led, strengths-based service delivery.
Role type
Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker (Community Mental Health)
Builds
Individual recovery plans and connections to community services
Domain
Mental Health / Human Services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Lived experience of mental health issue and recovery, recovery-based practice, self-directed learning facilitation, Microsoft Office, data information management
Preferred skills
Certificate IV in relevant field, 2+ years human services experience, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, LGBTQ+ community background, mature age candidate
Technologies
Microsoft Office, data information management systems
Responsibilities
Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people, encourage shared learning experiences and support skill development, provide individual support that meets recovery journey goals, use lived experience to inform staff learning and service understanding
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, direct service delivery