Family And Carer Peer Support Worker
Core
A peer support worker who uses lived experience as a family member, carer, or supporter of people with mental health and/or alcohol and drug challenges to work relationally with families and carers to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Role type
Peer Support Worker (Mental Health & AOD)
Builds
Relational support pathways and recovery-oriented outcomes for families and carers
Domain
Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD), Community Services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Lived experience as a family member, carer, or supporter of people with mental health challenges; Lived experience as a supporter of people with alcohol and drug challenges; Relational approach; Trauma-informed practice; Advocacy for human rights; Co-production practices
Preferred skills
Intentional Peer Support Core/Advanced Training; Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work; Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health, Peer Work, or AOD
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Walk alongside service users to understand their hopes and challenges; Identify how service users would like to move towards what is possible in their lives through a relational approach; Champion the voice of lived experience; Advocate for human rights; Practice in alignment with family-centred principles and anti-racist/anti-oppressive ways of working
Seniority
Entry-level / Peer Worker