Senior Youth Peer Worker (LEW Level 4) - headspace early Psychosis

About the role

The Youth Program at headspace Early Psychosis provides a range of services to young people (12-25yrs), families, and professionals. Services are strengths-based and value-driven so that they support young people to achieve personally meaningful recovery goals and enable cultural change within the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and leadership to Youth Peer workers to ensure best practice and consistency in peer support within a recovery-oriented framework.
• Provide mentorship to the Youth Peer workers in the program and maintain group and individual peer support to the young people of headspace Early Psychosis.

Requirements

• Lived experience of psychosis or other complex mental health challenges as a young person
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a Lived Experience Peer worker (or other lived experience role), knowledge of peer principles and the ability to support people from a mutual perspective by sharing lived experience
• Experience mentoring, coaching or guiding Youth Peer workers
• Understanding of the role of orientation, supervision, ongoing personal/professional development and other mechanisms that sustain motivation and enthusiasm for service participation among young people and for oneself

Qualifications

• Australian working rights and current Influenza vaccination
• Current Victorian Driver License
• Current Working with Children Check or willing to obtain one and be willing to undergo a Background Check

Skills

• Relevant training (Peer Support, group facilitation, Open Dialogue)
• Regular line management supervision
• Support from the Youth Peer team dedicated to promoting the voice of lived experience within the headspace Early Psychosis program

Benefits

• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
• Potential for portable long service leave from other public health services
• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities
• Opportunities to participate in the Discovery College
• Located close to public transport and cafes

Pay

Permanent, Part-time (60.8 hrs/fn)

Schedule

Bentleigh with some travel required between locations