Peer Recovery Worker - Brief Distress Support

Wellways

Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Up to $40.62 ph; benefits: leave loading + salary ...
Lived experience of distress and recovery
Support participants to build independence
Strengthen community connections
This is a designated Lived Experience role, where your personal experience of distress and recovery will play a vital role in supporting others on their recovery journey

Job Summary

  • This is a designated Lived Experience role, where your personal experience of distress and recovery will play a vital role in supporting others on their recovery journey.
  • The Brief Distress Peer Recovery Worker supports early identification of people experiencing distress within the community and provides short-term recovery support.
  • Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity.

Matching Summary

This is a designated Lived Experience role, where your personal experience of distress and recovery will play a vital role in supporting others on their recovery journey.

Salary

Up to $40.62 per hour; Benefits: leave loading + Salary Packaging

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • lived experience of distress and recovery
  • support participants to build independence
  • strengthen community connections
  • recovery-oriented practice
  • trauma-informed care

Nice-to-have

  • facilitating groups or supporting people
  • community-first mental health service
  • reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity

Key Requirements

  • Cert IV/Diploma in Mental Health, AOD or related field or tertiary qualification in social science or equivalent relevant work experience
  • National Police Check
  • Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • Evidence of right to work in Australia
  • 100 points of identification
  • NDIS Workers Orientation module certificate

Work Rights

Evidence of right to work in Australia

Tailored Resume

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