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 established Inverell team!

The position available is:

Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)

Working Monday to Friday

Based in Inverell

Attractive hourly rates equivalent to $38.65-$41.45/hour + Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging

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

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

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.

All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a WWCC, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks.

Who we are

Flourish Australia is one of Australia’s most experienced community mental health organisations. Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person’s experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.

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.

Applications close 5pm, 27th October. Apply now!