Peer Support Workers - Warwick Farm, Australia - South Western Sydney Local Health District

South Western Sydney Local Health District

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Warwick Farm, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Employment Type:
Permanent full time and part time, (min 3 days per week)

Location:
SWSLHD District Wide Service

Position Classification:
Health education officer Grad/ Non Grad

Remuneration:
$ $53.87 per hour

Requisition ID:
REQ398816

Application Close Date:28/05/2023

Interview Date Range: 31/05/ /06/2023

Are you passionate about using your own lived experience to support people experiencing trauma & mental health issues?

About the Opportunity

We are excited to be recruiting a team of Towards Zero Suicides (TZS) Suicide Prevention Peer Support Workers (PSW) to deliver a completely NEW way of providing care in our community.

For more information on this state wide initiative, see this link:
Is This You?

Ability to utilise personal lived experience of mental health recovery to provide peer support
Gets excited about a role that uses your experience to give others hope to also recover from their suicidal crisis?
Loves change as we are still developing this new service?
Gets excited about services that test what is possible and like to takes initiative?
Loves working with clinical staff as well as PSWs (PSW make up 75% of staff)?
Wants to work in the SWSLHD (predominantly in the Macarthur & Liverpool area)?
Happy to work penalty rate Saturday, Sunday and evening shifts (typically 1:30pm 10pm, Fri
Mon)?
Are you naturally compassionate and empathetic?
Working in a Trauma-Informed, Recovery Orientated, Strengths-Based way is business as usual?
Interested in getting involved in research and evaluation opportunities to inform how this service develops over the coming decades?

Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.

About the Services

The Macarthur and Liverpool areas will each have the following two services:

TZS Safe Haven
TZS Suicide Prevention Outreach Service (SPOT)

SWSLHD is recruiting staff to work in both of these new services in Liverpool and Campbelltown.

The other members of the team include the TZS Team Leader, Mental Health Clinicians and Senior Suicide Prevention Peer Support Workers.

What You'll be Doing
Provide recovery orientated, evidence based peer support interventions to mental health consumers within a multidisciplinary team framework.

This position collaborates with clinical staff in the provision of recovery orientated and consumer driven clinical practice by providing consultation in relation to a lived or living experience of suicidality.

The Peer Worker is also responsible for undertaking designated administrative tasks necessary to support service delivery.

Where You'll Be Working

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it.

Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.

Lived experience of a mental health problem or disorder and willingness to share your recovery story/journey as part of your work
Demonstrated experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a healthcare setting
Demonstrated knowledge of consumer led recovery and recovery principles
Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team and ability to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of people
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in a range of programs
Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional education
Experience in planning, delivering and evaluating group and individual interventions

Need more information?

Additional Information

Stepping Up - Close the Gap

Workplace Giving Program

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees also have the opportunity to make a difference to help those less fortunate.

Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing.

Transforming Your Experience

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services.

Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential.

SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Ad