Advanced Carer Peer Worker (Identified Lived Experience - Older Persons Mental Health Community)

Advanced Carer Peer Worker (Identified Lived Experience - Older Persons Mental Health Community)

Use your personal lived experience as a carer of a person who experiences mental health issues to model family recovery strategies and work towards achieving the best outcomes for carers and families of consumers admitted to an acute inpatient unit or receiving assessment and/or ongoing care by community teams.

The Role

An opportunity has become available for an Advanced Carer Peer Worker (Identified Lived Experience - Older Persons Mental Health Community) to join Gold Coast Health where the focus of our 14 000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region of Australia.

You will

• Work effectively and collaboratively as a member of the multidisciplinary team, in accordance with peer work values and within scope of practice
• Work within professional boundaries as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide an integrated model of care
• Positively promote individual and family recovery orientation and principles to carers, families and staff members and share lived expertise from a carer perspective
• Provide direct carer peer support to carers, families and significant others by engaging in individual and group peer support, advocacy and education activities

About you

To be successful in this position you will require:

• It is a mandatory requirement of this position that the employee has a lived/living experience of mental illness, service use and recovery and is able to use this experience to support others living with mental health and substance use challenges.
• Previous experience working within a public mental health service or the community sector as a Carer Peer Worker is essential.
• Paid Blue Card (Working with Children Check)
• Evidence of vaccination, or be able to be vaccinated against and remain vaccinated against - Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and Hepatitis B
• Tuberculosis screening, to identify if the tuberculosis vaccination may be required
• Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed
• Criminal History Screening will be required for new employees (GCH will cover cost)
• Flexible work options
• Salary Packaging
• Modern Facilities
• Diverse Work Culture
• 12.75% super
• 17.5% leave loading
• Permanent part time (45.6 hrs per fortnight)
• Base salary ranging from $48.60 - $53.54 per hour

About Us

Mental Health and Specialist Services Consumer, Carer and Family Participation Team is a lived experience team. The team provides a responsive program of recovery-oriented peer support, education, and information for consumers, families and carers. The team's goal is to increase consumer, family and carer participation in the planning, delivery and evaluation of mental health and alcohol and other drugs services.

The Older Persons Mental Health Community Team service provides specialised, community-based multi-disciplinary services, including mental health assessment and treatment, for adults over the age of 65 years (under 55 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons) who have a severe and complex mental illness, which is complicated by problems related to ageing.

About Gold Coast Health

• Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
• More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
• Secondary and tertiary health services across more than 20 facilities
• Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle
• A workplace culture that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work so that they can perform at their best
• Committed to reflecting the diversity of the Gold Coast community and ensuring each staff member is included and feels like they belong

Gold Coast Health is committed to providing an accessible, inclusive work environment. Please contact the nominated person if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout this recruitment process.

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