Employment Type: Permanent Full Time Position Classification: Senior Health Education Officer Grad / Non-Grad Remuneration: $90,603.00 - $119,164.00 pa (+ superannuation + salary packaging options) Location: Dubbo, NSW Hours Per Week: 38 Applications Close: 23 October 2024 – 11:59pm
Senior Peer Worker – Safe Haven Mental Health Drug & Alcohol - Dubbo
About the role
Join an innovative, forward-thinking team dedicated to leading better value care.
In this unique model of care, you will use your personal lived experience of suicidal crisis or caring for someone experiencing suicidal crisis to provide appropriate, responsive care in a warm, welcoming, non-medical environment, working with other professionals, supporting and linking guests with appropriate services.
Using your own lived experience to lead the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of the Alternatives to ED initiative ensuring a trauma-informed, recovery-focused model of care.
Provide leadership, mentoring, and supervision to peer colleagues within the team and across mental health services in the LHD to promote best practice and provide quality service delivery, including management of the performance of staff and resources in the achievement of the LHD's Strategic and relevant operational plans.
The Senior Peer Worker – Suicide Prevention Alternatives to Emergency Department will provide support to consumers experiencing mental health issues, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The Senior Peer Worker will have a strong connection to consumers through their own experience of mental illness.
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Role-related enquiries: Please contact Emma O'Brien, A/Team Leader Specialist Teamson (02) 6881 4000 or at ****** for more information.
Additional information for applicants:
All suitably qualified Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply for this position. This is a targeted position under GSE Rule 26. Where possible, affirmative action will be applied to support employment of eligible persons.
This recruitment may be used to create an Eligibility List for similar roles in the future (ongoing or temporary).
Western NSW is committed to creating a safe and accessible workplace that promotes diversity, inclusion, and belonging. As a vibrant and diverse region, rich in community and culture, we welcome applications from all people to build a respectful workplace dedicated to delivering the best health outcomes for our community.
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