We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.
About the Role
About Neami National
Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.
We have been providing mental health support for over 30 years. We were founded on an alliance between professionals, individuals and their families. Collaborative recovery remains at the heart of who we are today.
About your new role
Peer Support Workers are integral members of the team and represent 50% of the workforce within Head to Health Geelong. Peer Support workers draw on their lived experience of recovery from mental illness, mental health crisis or caring for someone living with a mental illness to instil confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery. You must have a lived experience of your own mental illness/caring role, and a rich understanding of the processes of recovery. You must be willing to purposefully use your own story to help others further their own understanding of recovery.
You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team inclusive of mental health clinicians, mental health registered nurses, medical officers and consultant psychiatrists. Delivering a Peer First and Peer Last approach the Peer Support Workers will support a high engagement model of care, through actively greeting and supporting guests (consumers) throughout their time at Head to Health Geelong. Peer Support Workers are an important element of the team approach and bring the wisdom of experience to many aspects of service delivery including intake interviews, service promotion, partnership work and case reviews.
What will Neami offer in return?
What you will bring to the role?
What the role requires:
How to apply:
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:
Sharon Thynne, Clinical Lead Geelong Head to Health 0437 231 247,
Applications Close: Sunday 2 July 2023
Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disab