𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker to join our Ulladulla team.

The position available is:

- 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 (𝟯𝟲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁)
- 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹
- 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀
- 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 $𝟯𝟴.𝟲𝟱-$𝟰𝟭.𝟰𝟱/𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 + 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 + 𝟮𝟱% 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

As a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue.

Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australia’s largest peer workforces, a proven, strengths-based approach to mental health recovery. Peer work is a cornerstone of our services with more than half of our workforce having had a lived experience of a mental health issue. By applying personal experience in mental health, Peer Workers can empathise, support, and inspire people in finding their own path to recovery.

On a day to day basis, you will be required (but not limited to):

- Effectively and appropriately hold crucial conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them, support them and build reciprocity, via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience
- Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused, whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
- Support the person to make links to the community that meet their recovery wants and needs.
- Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
- Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.
- Listen to and support people to create opportunities and activities that meet their interests and goals.

Full criteria and position description are available within the application.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀
- Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
- Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900 (casuals ineligible)
- Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading and 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave (casuals ineligible)
- Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
- Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
- Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
- Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
- Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
- Personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
- Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮
- A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue.
- A current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.