Peer Worker - Mental Health Inpatient - Goulburn
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- Mental Health Clinician
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- REQ583766 Requisition #
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- Jun 23, 2025 Post Date
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Goulburn
Position Classification: Health Education Officer (Grad and Non-Grad)
Remuneration:
Health Education Officer (Non Grad): $31.51 to $45.57 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ583766
Applications Close: 2 July 2025
Interviews Details: Interviews will be scheduled within 10 days of closing date
What we offer
• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
• Corporate Health and Fitness program
• 11.5% Superannuation on top of your gross income
Where you'll be working
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Forget about sitting in traffic for hours and paying for parking, live in the city you'll be minutes away from work (perhaps even close enough to walk or cycle) and even if you live on a property outside of Goulburn or in one of the neighbouring villages, it's still a much shorter trip than big city living. That's more time for family, friends, and recreation. More time to live. Goulburn is 45 minutes from Canberra, 2hrs to the beach and 2hrs from Sydney. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health
What you'll be doing
Selection Criteria
- Personal lived experience of a mental illness, with willingness and demonstrated ability to utilise the lived experience to support others in their own mental health recovery journey.
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (consumer) or willingness to obtain same within 12 months of appointment and a demonstrated understanding of, and ability to apply, the values and principles of peer work when working with others.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and commitment to consumer led recovery and ability to plan, implement and evaluate group and peer led interventions using a quality improvement process.
- Demonstrated understanding of the nature of mental health service delivery, including some knowledge of state and national policies and directions for mental health services.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate empathically, supportively, and effectively with with consumers, carers and service providers.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and build and maintain effective relationships with consumers and carers and external providers.
- Demonstrated computer literacy skills and / or ability to learn Microsoft Office and health applications.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.
Australian Work Rights
Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia, or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see www.immi.gov.au
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to building a workforce that reflects the community it serves. We strive to deliver responsive healthcare by fostering a workplace that values lived experience and celebrates diversity. Our workplace is inclusive, respectful, collaborative and safe. We warmly welcome people of diverse backgrounds to apply for a role at Southern. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all age groups people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTIQ+, and people who identify as neurodivergent.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Kimberley Cochrane on Kimberley.Cochrane1@health.nsw.gov.au or phone: 02 4825 5050.
The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster. Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
