PSTOC Peer Support Worker

September 23, 2024

Far West Local Health District

Broken Hill

OTHER & FULL TIME

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer
Remuneration: $60,373 - $87,304 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ521835
Location: Broken Hill

Great opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference.
Fantastic lifestyle, great food/cafes, art, music, sport and festivals.
Only 3 hours from Mildura and 5 hours from Adelaide or hop on a plane with a short flight from anywhere in Australia.

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look on "Living and Working" in the Far West.
What you'll be doing

The Peer Supported Transfer of Care (Peer-STOC) initiative will provide assertive support and post discharge follow up to consumers who are transitioning between acute mental health care and the community.The Peer-STOC initiative will work to actively reduce the 28-day readmission rate for consumers leaving acute mental health care by providing peer support for up to 6 weeks following discharge. The Peer-STOC initiative offers hope to consumers who are leaving acute mental health care, facilitates contact with people who have a personal lived experience of recovery and firsthand experience in wellbeing management. Peer-STOC workers will provide support to consumers for Community Treatment Orders and Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings. Peer-STOC peer workers will provide assertive in-reach for consumers in acute mental health units in the 7 days prior to their discharge. These meetings are to establish relationships, build rapport, discuss wellbeing strategies and collaboratively identify supports needed to transition into the community. Peer-STOC workers will provide direct face-to-face follow up, preferably with the case manager, on the day directly following discharge, and no later than 72 hours after discharge. If consumer can’t be located, the Peer-STOC worker will escalate to the case manager or Team Leader CMHDA. Support will be provided for up to 6 weeks following an acute admission. Priority for referral should be given to consumers who have no formal identified community supports at the point of discharge. Existing support includes care coordination through Community MHDA team, HASO, HASI Plus, PHAMS, NDIS etc.

What is on offer

1 week extra paid annual leave every year (pro rata)
12 paid ADO's a year
Salary packaging (pay less tax!) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses +$2.6k for meals and entertainment
Novated leasing
Isolation & climate allowance
Fitness Passport
Support through advanced education & training
A comfortable and affordable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About the Far West LHD
The Far West Local Health District is 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton (Buronga), Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.
In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
Often referred to as an “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.
With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

How to apply
To be considered for this position please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible:

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness and commitment to obtain Cert IV in Mental Health Peer Work.
Personal lived experience of mental distress and ability to meaningfully and purposefully use this lived experience to provide peer support.
Applied understanding of the principles of person-centred care, trauma-informed care and recovery, as well as in working with Aboriginal people in a holistic, collaborative and respectful way.
Experience in working collaboratively with individuals and groups including the multidisciplinary team; and ability to build and maintain effective relationships with external providers, consumers and carers.
Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated experience in utilising multiple computer applications including Microsoft Office suite and government systems.
Evidence of a Class C Drivers Licence and ability and willingness to travel for work purposes.

The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.au/welcomeexperience
Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health.
If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:
https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Tracey Zeiser on Tracey.Zeiser@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 21 October 2024
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available