Peer Recovery Support Worker (Identified Aboriginal

Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.

We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Inspire and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers through tailored education, information, referrals, and support to learn the skills and knowledge to build resilience for cultural, mental, and physical healthcare needs and to engage in their community.
• Assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers to identify and achieve meaningful and culturally safe mental health recovery goals using recovery tools, techniques and lived experience.
• Utilise group work skills in delivering support groups, psycho education programs, and participate in facilitating peer-based consumer support groups that have a focus on culturally responsive mental health care.
• Model personal recovery, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy, and hopefulness by sharing your own story of culture and recovery to inspire and instil confidence in others.
• How to apply

A person who is not an Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander identified role. Please provide the following information to the panel to assess your suitability :

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.