StandBy Lived Experience Peer Worker
Wellways
Posted 14 days ago
Draw on your lived experience of suicide bereavement to support others in our community
Part time (equiv. 3 days per week) opportunity based in Ballarat
$37.35 - $40.05 p/hr (SCHADS Level 3) + 17.5% leave loading + 11.5% superannuation + NFP salary packaging benefits!
Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.
About the program
StandBy operates nationally by partnering with local organisations, engaging their expertise within the community to deliver the most effective and culturally suitable support following a suicide, for each individual circumstance. Locally tailored community workshops and education programs are provided to increase awareness of suicide and suicide bereavement to help enable communities to support one another.
About the opportunity
The purpose of a Lived Experience Peer Worker isn't about therapy or having to talk about suicide; it is about connecting with someone who has some shared experience of suicidality, bereavement, and recovery.
This role will have a focus on empowering people by providing support, education, information, referrals and, above all, offering a lived experience perspective while creating a supportive space for people to process and explore their deeply personal bereavement to suicide.
Please click here to download a copy of Position description relating to this role.
To be successful in this role, you will possess the following
- Lived experience of suicide bereavement (required)
- An understanding of and experience in suicide postvention service provision and associated challenges, bereavement and/or related disciplines such as trauma, grief and loss with demonstrated evidence of sector engagement, community development and partnerships
- Appropriate IT skills
- Evidence of working rights within Australia such as a passport, birth certificate or visa
- Current valid Driver's License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
- Evidence of, or willingness to obtain, a National Police Check (no older than 12 months), Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check and NDIS Worker Orientation Module completion certificate
Desirable
- Intentional Peer Support, Roses in the Ocean Suicide Prevention Peer Worker Training, Our Voice in Action, Voices of Insight and/or, Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
About Us
Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!
Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.
What we offer
- A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
- An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
- Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
- Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
- Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
- Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
- Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program
For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Divanshu Kashyap, StandBy Program Coordinator on 0422 366 262 | [email protected]
Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.
About Wellways
Wellways Australia Limited is a leading not-for-profit mental health and disability support organisation with services in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. Our services span mental health, disability and community care, and reach thousands of people each year.
We work with a diverse range of people living with mental health issues or various disabilities, and their families, friends and carers, to bring about positive change and build good lives in their communities. This can include creating a home, securing a job and building meaningful relationships.
Our mental health, disability and rehabilitation services bring together evidence from research with an understanding of people’s lived experience—what works for them. Our mental health workforce includes clinicians, nurses, community support workers and ‘peers’—those who have a lived experience of mental illness and recovery. Together, they create an environment that focuses on hope rather than illness.
We work in partnership with people and their families to identify their own needs and goals and support them to attain a great life in the community. Our partnerships extend to clinicians, GPs, hospitals, community health organisations and government, ensuring that our services and programs reach people in the communities in which they live.
Source: This is an extract from the company's own website
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