Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker to join our Community Businesses team in St Marys!

The position available is:

• Ongoing Full-time (76 hours/fortnight)
• Working Monday to Friday
• Based in St Marys
• Attractive hourly rates equivalent to SCHCADS Level 3 $36.00 - $38.60p/h + 11% Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging!

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 value diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island backgrounds, people from CALD and LGBTI communities and mature age candidates.

About the Community Businesses

Social: to create a recovery and reintegration pathway for people with mental health issues through various employment activities.

Economic: to operate the business on a commercially sustainable basis of profitable growth whilst simultaneously offering employment opportunities for people.

Product: to provide a range of commercial industry-standard products that meet the expectations and needs of targeted markets.

Support: to increase awareness of mental health issues and to encourage businesses to support the Community Businesses.

About the Opportunity

Flourish Australia’s Community Businesses provide vocational support and training within a commercial environment to people with lived experience of mental health issues. They achieve this goal by tailoring meaningful employment activities that support an employee’s vocational journey with practical on the job training and a group based learning experience. These vocational activities culminate into achieving the Community Businesses objective of transitioning employees into open employment. A Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker working in Flourish Australia’s Community Businesses provides a high quality and responsive person-led, recovery-oriented and trauma informed service that best supports people to maintain meaningful employment.

The objectives of our community businesses are to provide a supportive working environment where people can:

• Reconnect gradually with employment and earn an award-based wage;
• Gain or enhance the social skills required to operate successfully as an employee;
• Learn about recovery and how to improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing, and plan their recovery journey with support from a peer worker; and
• Gain useful trade or industrial skills and qualifications relevant to future working opportunities.

We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey.

Therefore, our Peer Worker roles are for those willing to use their lived experience and personal recovery to mentor people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.

The Benefits

• Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
• Tax-Free Salary Packaging up to $15,900
• Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
• Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading + 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Opportunities for career development, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST.
• Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
• Inclusive initiatives such as our Rainbow Network and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
• Exclusive Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
• Employee discounts at 350+ 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).
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of a mental health issue.
• A current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Full selection criteria and position description available within the application. All successful applicants will be asked to provide evidence they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including booster) prior to commencement, inline with Flourish Australia’s Vaccination Policy.