Peer Worker: Mental Health
Core
Provide non-clinical, community-focused peer support to individuals with complex mental health needs, trauma, and victims of domestic/family/sexual violence to aid recovery and wellbeing.
Role type
Peer Worker (Mental Health)
Builds
Recovery-oriented plans and safety interventions for individuals and communities
Domain
Mental Health / Social Services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Lived experience of recovery or supporting someone through mental health challenges, Strengths-based and recovery-oriented support, Trauma-informed care, Risk assessment and safety planning, Telehealth/digital health platform usage, Cultural competency (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations)
Preferred skills
Suicide risk management, Knowledge of mental health legislation, Primary healthcare landscape knowledge
Responsibilities
Provide one-on-one and group-based support, Collaborate with clinicians and community services, Conduct risk assessments and safety planning, Deliver evidence-based interventions
Seniority
Entry-level / Junior