Peer Recovery Worker

Wellways Australia Limited

Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Salary pyckaging up to $15,899; meal + entertainme...
Lived experience of mental health
Engage and support young people
Multidisciplinary team collaboration
Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support young people in our community

Job Summary

  • Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support young people in our community.
  • As a Peer Recovery Worker, you’ll draw on your own lived experience to walk alongside young people on their recovery journey.
  • Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing.

Matching Summary

Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support young people in our community.

Salary

Salary packaging up to $15,899; Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 per annum; 17.5% leave loading

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lived experience of mental health
  • Engage and support young people
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Build trust with young people
  • Develop practical life skills

Nice-to-have

  • Commitment to reconciliation
  • Empathy and making a difference
  • Open to different perspectives
  • Sense of belonging

Key Requirements

  • Personal experience of mental distress
  • Certificate IV or above or commensurate experience
  • Current valid Driver's License
  • Right to work in Australia
  • National Police Check
  • Working with Children Check
  • NDIS Worker Screening Check

Work Rights

Evidence of right to work in Australia

Tailored Resume

Cover Letter