Peer Worker in Hornsby

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensuring that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working: Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital Mental Health Intensive Care Unit.

What you'll be doing: Peer Workers will use their personal experience and work collaboratively with MHDA teams to support people using MHDA services and further connect them to their preferred supports and services. Peer Workers also have a role in educating clinical staff, and providing representative input into systemic issues and changes through policy development, committee activities, projects and research. This is a non-clinical role. Peer Workers will receive appropriate training, supervision and support to carry out their roles. Equality and diversity are fundamental to our core beliefs and values. MHDA is committed to fostering an inclusive culture and actively promotes equality and diversity. We welcome people from all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socio-economic classes, religions, disabilities and ages in everything we do. People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Hold Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness and commitment to obtain.
• Past or current personal experience using Mental Health and/or Drug & Alcohol related services.
• Able and willing to share aspects of your personal treatment and recovery experience with others, individually and/or in groups, in a safe and effective way.
• Demonstrated ability to build and foster effective working relationships with a diverse range of people, including the people using Mental Health / Drug & Alcohol services, clinicians, managers and community members.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have. NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.