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• Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Integrated Mental Health Unit, Mount Gambier
• Salary: $58,709 - $63,154 p.a (pro rata) - OPS2
• Temporary Part Time (60 hours per fortnight up to 30 June 2025) 
  
  

Join Our Team as a Mental Health Peer Support Worker

Are you passionate about supporting individuals on their mental health recovery journey? Do you have lived experience and the desire to make a meaningful impact in your community? If so, we want you to join our dedicated team at the Limestone Coast Local Health Network!

As a Mental Health Peer Support Worker, you will play a vital role in delivering comprehensive, recovery-oriented services. Working under the supervision of a clinician, you will use your unique experiences to provide non-clinical psychosocial support to mental health consumers across community, acute, and rehabilitation settings.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting consumers in achieving their goals outlined in their care plans.
• Helping to educate both consumers and service providers about recovery and rehabilitation.
• Building rapport and fostering connections with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

What We’re Looking For:

• Lived Experience: Personal journey in mental health recovery and ability to provide non-judgmental support.
• Communication Skills: Proven ability to connect with mental health consumers, families, and colleagues.
• Organisational Skills: Capacity to manage workloads, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Cultural Competence: Understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with mental health issues, including experience with Aboriginal consumers.
• Collaborative Spirit: Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Empathy: Strong interpersonal skills and empathy for individuals experiencing mental illness 

Why Join Us?

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Work within a team that values collaboration, integrity, and respect.
• Make a difference: use your lived experience to inspire and empower others.
• Job security and financial incentives: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.

The Region

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network is surrounded by a world class wine region, outdoor adventures, and some of South Australia’s best coastline, offering a work-life balance like no other.

Your lifestyle

• Relaxed and affordable lifestyle
• Access to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surf
• Outstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilities
• Well-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campuses
• Plenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiences
• Conveniently located approximately halfway between two major cities: Melbourne and Adelaide

Find out more about working with the Limestone Coast Local Health Network at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/workatLCLHN   

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s) 

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients) 
• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is committed to building a flexible, diverse and inclusive culture, planning for and promoting diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as diverse community groups and ages including, LGBTQI+, people living with a disability and other diversity groups.  The LCLHN recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and consumers in being an employer of choice.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 880397

If you’re ready to turn your experience into a rewarding career that helps others navigate their mental health journeys, apply today!

Enquiries
Dani Young
Position: Administration Officer
Phone: 87211677
E-mail: Dani.Young@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

15 October 2024, 11:55PM

Attachments

880397 OPS2 Mental Health Peer Support Worker Role Description.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines