Suicide Prevention Peer Worker - Safe Haven/Suicide Prevention Outreach Team [SPOT] - Griffith
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (until 30 June 2026)
Position Classification: Dependent upon qualifications and experience
Remuneration: $60,373.00 - $100,547.00 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ536698
Vaccination Category: A
Outstanding Experiences. Infinite Opportunities.
Here in the Riverina, we treasure your skills and experience and we’re ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome you to town.
We’ve prepared oodles of goodies to help you move and settle in, including:
- Salary packaging up to $20,600 per annum tax free for living expenses! Take advantage of novated leasing a new car!
- Relocation assistance and accommodation support considerations
- Subsidised gym and leisure centre membership for you and your family
- Free confidential counselling services for you and your family
Craving a fresh start somewhere new and actually interesting? Join the incredible team in the Murrumbidgee District. Jump in at a comfort level that suits you: from state-of-the-art hospital that will remind you of the city, to small multi-disciplinary health facility where you literally get to do it all. No matter where you choose, your learning will be nurtured and you’ll be well supported to operate at the top of your scope.
And don’t worry - there are already oodles of young people here to welcome you: at work, in local clubs, at the pub, and down at the river!
There’s heaps to show your family when they come to visit, which is a breeze - you’ll be central to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. (You can always pop home for the weekend on a quick flight if you find a break in your social calendar!)
Want to know more about the community of Griffith? Visit us here.
About Your Role
Suicide Prevention peer workers employed in the Safe Haven and SPOT services will provide recovery-oriented and trauma-informed peer support for people who present to the service. Drawing on lived experience, support may include psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual or group peer support, advocacy, collaborative identification of community support, follow up and support to access other services.
Peer workers may also be required to work from or liaise with emergency departments to ensure people in distress are successfully linked to the service and that emergency department staff have a high awareness of the service.
Peer workers will deliver support that aligns with the principles of step up/step down care. This includes making referrals to a range of community-based services for ongoing support if required (step down), or escalating concerns over consumer wellbeing to clinical staff/management within the Safe Haven and/or SPOT for follow up (step up).
The Safe Haven provides support to people who present to the service experiencing a suicidal crisis or suicidal thinking. It will provide an alternative to an emergency department presentation or to remaining in emergency unnecessarily. The Safe Haven service aims to promote a no wrong door approach.
For many people experiencing a suicidal crisis, emergency departments are the most immediately accessed or only form of support. However, busy emergency departments are not ideal locations for people who are in psychological distress.
The Safe Haven service will provide people with appropriate and immediate support nearby to emergency departments, where rapid and compassionate care can be provided by mental health clinicians and peer workers in a non-clinical environment.
The Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT), consisting of clinicians and peer workers, provide afterhours care and follow-up to people who are experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress.
The SPOT peer workers will provide recovery-oriented peer support for people who are in crisis. Support may include crisis response, assertive follow up, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual peer support, advocacy, and collaborative identification of community supports.
People can also be linked with a wide range of other community based services such as housing, relationship counselling or financial assistance, to help address the causes of their distress. The SPOT service will actively work to provide a welcoming and supportive alternative to emergency department responses, utilising the expertise of peer workers and clinicians in a multi-disciplinary team.
The service operates 5 days per week from Thursday to Monday from 1:30PM – 10:00PM with a potential of extending to a 7 day service. After hours, evenings and weekend work will be a requirement of the role.
Learn more about the role and requirements here.
Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD
Your application will require you to include a resume and cover letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position.
Go on, you’ve earned a promotion, a world-class workplace, inspiring colleagues, award-winning staff and patient programs - all wrapped up in a rich tapestry of cultural treasures. Contact Joel O'Loughlin, Occupational Therapist on 02 5943 1700 or Joel.Oloughlin@health.nsw.gov.au now for a confidential chat.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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