Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 9th Sep 2024
- Regional VIC > Echuca; ORRegional VIC > Bendigo
Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental distress and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.
Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 45 years.
We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.
The Adult and Older Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing services, also refer to as “Locals”, are a key recommendation from Victoria’s Royal Commission into the mental health service system’s transformation. The Locals will act as the ‘front door’ service to the mental health system and will provide a continuum of care and support, including clinical interventions, wellbeing supports, and therapeutic support through an integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug framework approach. These services will have a ‘no wrong door’ policy, ensuring accessibility to all individuals seeking support.
We are seeking a self-motivated, empathic Peer Practitioner. This is a permanent part time opportunities to work within the Echuca or Bendigo areas. The successful applicants will utilise their lived/living experience of mental ill health, recovery and/or alcohol and drug challenges to provide services to consumers, in line with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice, My Better Life model, Mind’s Peer Work Framework and organisational values for people with mental health and alcohol and other drug challenges.
In this role you will be a champion of co-design and co-production in all aspects of the Local’s
Service. You will work with people to understand their needs and identify how they would like to move towards what is possible in their lives by focusing on relational care.
To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 495537. Please contact the person below for more information.
Lisa Henderson – Service Operations Manager [email protected]
The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.