Aboriginal Mental Health Community Support Worker (Identified Role)
Core
Provide culturally safe, lived experience-informed peer support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with mental health challenges, focusing on healing, empowerment, and resilience.
Role type
Aboriginal Mental Health Peer Worker (Community Support)
Builds
Community Living Supports Program services for Indigenous clients
Domain
Indigenous mental health and community support
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lived experience as Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander person, cultural knowledge and protocols, trauma-informed care, emotional regulation support, daily living skills assistance, advocacy, relationship building
Preferred skills
Certificate IV in Mental Health or Peer Work, 12+ months CLS program experience, Microsoft Office proficiency
Technologies
Microsoft Office, reporting systems
Responsibilities
Deliver culturally safe recovery-oriented peer support, assist with daily living and emotional regulation, maintain active caseload, connect clients to culture and community, build relationships with Elders and Aboriginal Medical Services, participate in cultural supervision and reflective practice
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC