Join the Mental Health Hospital in the Home team as an Advanced Carer Peer Worker, using your lived experience as a mental health carer to provide recovery-focused peer support, advocacy and guidance that empowers consumers and families throughout their mental health journey.

Job details

About the role

The Advanced Carer Peer Worker works within the Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HiTH) multidisciplinary team at The Prince Charles Hospital, providing peer support, reassurance and practical assistance to consumers receiving care through the service. Drawing on lived experience as a carer of a loved one with mental ill-health, the role promotes hope, recovery and wellbeing while supporting consumers and their families throughout their recovery journey. 

The successful candidate will use their lived experience to support recovery planning, advocate for consumers and carers, facilitate education and support activities, and collaborate with clinicians and community organisations to enhance recovery-oriented care. The role also contributes to service improvement, health promotion, consumer feedback initiatives and the ongoing development of lived experience practices within Metro North Mental Health. 

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provide peer support and share lived experience to promote recovery, wellbeing and positive outcomes for consumers receiving Hospital in the Home services. 
• Support consumers to identify strengths, develop recovery goals and participate in recovery and safety planning. 
• Advocate for consumers, families and carers while providing practical assistance and support throughout the recovery journey.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to promote recovery-oriented, person-centred care. 
• Deliver and support lived experience education, health promotion activities and service improvement initiatives within MH HiTH. 

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MH694593 - Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application Support (PDF)
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF)