Young Person Peer Worker - CY-HOPE

at  Monash Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 65889

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in a Mental Health Lived Experience role, with the capacity to use recovery oriented and trauma informed principles when providing support to people at risk of suicide
• Ability to establish strong, effective working relationships. I.e. Ability to liaise, consult and work with a broad range of consumers, carers/families, health professionals, community agencies and organizations
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate in everyday, non-clinical language
• Understanding of the need to be sensitive to the needs of people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait people, culturally and Linguistically Diverse people
• Demonstrated organisational skills including time management and working to agreed processes
• Willingness to participate in relevant training and supervision programs for peer support workers
• Understanding of the role of supervision, ongoing personal/professional development and other mechanisms that sustain motivation and enthusiasm
• Understanding of the role of governance in developing and managing safe and effective services
• Capability with using contemporary technologies, including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel)

The CY-HOPE team provides wellbeing/psychosocial support, peer support and brief clinical support to young people in the 0-18 age range presenting with suicide and self harm concerns. The Young Person Peer Support Worker position is a lived experience peer support role. The successful candidate will provide non clinical support to consumers, alongside mental health clinicians and wellbeing support workers, and referral and liaison support to other services. The Young Person Peer Support worker will work as part of the CY-HOPE team under its governance and support and, as such, will have opportunities to work in a variety of community settings.
In this role, you will utilise your own lived experience as a consumer who has experienced mental ill health and recovery, and has used mental health services to support others within the principles of intentional peer support. Within a relationship of mutuality, you will provide emotional support to consumers and promote well-being, choice, self-determination and greater opportunities for consumers to participate in their own treatment and recovery.