Peer Worker - Perinatal, Child and Youth Mental Health Service
- Empower young people through lived experience.
- Advocate for recovery and social inclusion.
- Collaborate to shape better mental health services.
Support young people in mental health recovery. Share lived experience, inspire hope, and advocate for change. Make a real impact. Apply Now!
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Non-Graduate
Remuneration: $31.51 - $45.57 per hour
Hours Per Week: 16
Location: Across various WSLHD sites
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) offers extensive healthcare services across Western Sydney. Join a team dedicated to:
- Providing primary and secondary care to Auburn, Blacktown, and surrounding LGAs.
- Delivering tertiary care to the Greater Western Region.
- Committed to "better health services" for all.
- Upholding values of collaboration, respect, and empowerment.
- Embracing a vision of innovation and quality in healthcare.
What you'll be doing
The Peer Worker role supports Child and Youth Mental Health Services (PCYMHS) within a recovery-focused framework, fostering hope, inclusion, and person-centred care.
- Provide peer support and role modelling through lived experience to children, young people, and families.
- Collaborate with clinicians to enhance engagement, communication, and advocacy.
- Support consumer-led initiatives, feedback systems, and service development.
- Maintain professional documentation and uphold health policies and safety standards.
- Participate in meetings, training, and education to promote mental health awareness.
How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them
- Lived experience of a mental health problem or of supporting a child or young person with a mental health problem and ability and willingness to share aspects of your recovery experience with others, individually and in groups.
- Demonstrated ability to build and foster effective working relationships with a diverse range of people, including people using PCYMHS services, their families and support people, clinicians, managers and community members
- Understanding of the issues faced by children, young people, their families and support people that are receiving or involved with inpatient or community mental health care and the ability to manage challenging situations.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate group activities across inpatient or community settings.
- Demonstrated organisational and time management skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills, computer and internet literacy
Requisition ID: REQ553548
Applications Close: 16th April 2025
Need more information?
- Discover more about the application process.
- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- For inquiries about the role, contact Gena Hughes on Gena.Hughes@health.nsw.gov.au or 0423 783 424.
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Blacktown hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a managed waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Blacktown Hospital. This does not apply to staff with a disability parking permit.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
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