Utilise your lived experience to provide effective recovery support to clients and help them achieve their wellbeing goals for independent living.
* Offer positive, recovery-orientated support to individuals experiencing ill mental health.
* This is a permanent part-time role with 15 hours of work per week, offering a great work-life balance.
* The role is located in Deer Park.
Mind encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with lived experience of mental illness and recovery, and individuals from various cultures, genders, sexualities, abilities, spiritualities, ages, and backgrounds.
About Mind Australia
Mind Australia is one of the leading providers of community-managed psychosocial services in Australia, supporting individuals with mental health challenges to find help, hope, and purpose in their lives. With over 45 years of experience and more than 1,300 staff members across the country, Mind prioritises employing people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients towards recovery.
About the Role
The Sub-Acute short stay 'step up, step down' Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) service is delivered in partnership with Mind, Victorian hospital networks, and local health services. This initiative aims to support individuals with psychosocial disability transition from an acute hospital setting or prevent hospital admissions by providing extra support to those entering directly from the community.
We are seeking a self-motivated Peer Practitioner for a permanent, part-time (15 hours per week) opportunity in Deer Park. In this role, you will utilise your lived experience of mental ill health to engage directly with clients through empathetic and positive support. You will champion the voice of lived experience while practicing in alignment with family-inclusive principles, recovery-oriented approaches, trauma-informed theories, and anti-racist/anti-oppressive frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
* Drawing on the broader Lived Experience knowledge base to inform your practice.
* Providing direct support to individual clients, delivering high-quality service and facilitating positive educational and social experiences.
* Collaborating with a range of services to ensure a coordinated and integrated response to clients' recovery goals.
* Working within a recovery-oriented framework to support individuals, families, and carers.
* Planning and delivering group work programs that assist customers to build their skills and focus on their recovery.
* Assisting clients in building networks with their families and community services.
What You'll Bring
* Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/or Advanced Training, or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required.
* Lived/living experience and willingness to support clients through sharing your own learnings and recovery-oriented practice.
* Experience working with people with complex mental health issues and their families and carers.
* Demonstrated ability to implement a recovery-oriented framework.
* Skilled in building solid connections with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders.
* Demonstrated understanding of available community services, supports, and the NDIS.
* Experience or ability to acquire skills in understanding needs and working collaboratively to plan wellbeing supports using evidence-informed approaches and tools, for example in challenging situations.
Benefits
* Salary packaging allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses.
* Generous leave entitlements include 8 weeks paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, and Monthly Accumulated Day off (Full-time employees).
* Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and your family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
* Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor.
To obtain a position description and apply online visit Mind Careers - reference number 497039. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Friday 7th February 2025. Please contact the hiring manager below for more information.
Linda Locke – VIC Western Region
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at hr@mindaustralia.org.au
The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.