26 Jul
St Vincent's Health Australia
New South Wales
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Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Peer Worker
Apply locations NSW - Sydney, CBD, Inner West and Eastern Suburbs
Time type: Part time
Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago
Time left to apply: End Date: April 14, 2025 (23 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: JR141440
Job Description:
- Role title: Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Peer Worker
- Role type: Max term contract until 30 June 2025. Part time – 0.5FTE (2.5 days p/week)
- Role grade: Health Education Officer – Non Graduate/Graduate. Level 2
- Department and location: Inner City Health Stream, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst
- Salary: $65,978.08 + super (non graduate).
$74,728.05 + super (graduate). Pro rata
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
About the role
- Engage and Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing Aboriginal Health, Mental Health, Homeless Health, Alcohol and Drug Services, and the Emergency Department.
- Serve as a positive role model, sharing personal recovery experiences to support Aboriginal people.
- Assist with crisis & care planning for Aboriginal people.
- Deliver individual & group interventions in collaboration with clinicians.
- Identify and address risk issues, ensuring consumer safety and reporting to appropriate clinicians.
- Participate in cultural and peer supervision.
- No evenings or weekend work.
About you
- Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.
- Hold or be willing to obtain a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work.
- Able to deliver culturally safe services for Aboriginal people, utilizing lived experience.
- Demonstrate understanding of mental health service user issues and maintain professional boundaries.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to share your recovery journey.
Why work at St Vincent’s?
- Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community.
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport.
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank.
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free.
- Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave.
About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.
- A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location.
- Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches.
- A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people.
- Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus.
- Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health.
Identified role
Please note, this role is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 13 April 2025, or sooner if a successful candidate is recruited sooner.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role.
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Contact Details:
[email protected]
Alternate Contact:
[email protected]
Closing Date:
13 April 2025 11:59pm
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes,
we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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About Us
St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney (SVHNS) comprises St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Sacred Heart Health Service, St Joseph’s Hospital, Auburn, and St Vincent's Correctional Health Service, Parklea.
Part of the NSW-based arm of St Vincent’s Health Australia, SVHNS provides significant training and research activities housing several specialty units that are internationally recognised as centres of excellence. These include heart and lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine,
mental health and drug and alcohol services.
We strive to not only meet the health needs of vulnerable populations, but to enable them to flourish as an acknowledgement of human dignity and as a commitment to justice.
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