Peer Program Worker, Doorway Housing and Recovery

Delivering services across Warragul and Traralgon

• Be part of a large, recognised provider of mental health services across Victoria, ACT, Tasmania and New South Wales
• Assist individuals living with a mental illness by supporting them in finding and maintaining a home
• Utilise your lived experience to connect and support individuals to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in their community
• Part Time (0.6), fixed term for 12 months with the opportunity of extension of employment, delivering services across Traralgon and Warragul, VIC
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits available

We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker to join our Gippsland Doorway Program in a rewarding and fulfilling role. The Doorway program assists people living with mental illness to secure and maintain their own home in the private rental market. Through providing support and guidance with tenancy related issues and developing individually tailored recovery plans, you will provide an essential link between participants and other recovery services either internal or external to MI Fellowship.

The Peer Program Worker will utilise their lived experience to work with individuals, and their circle of support, to develop, review and maintain on-going recovery plans and tailor goals to address any housing issues while maximising social and well-being opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you will possess the following:

• A lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer
• Tertiary qualifications in social science or similar discipline or relevant experience
• An understanding of private rental market and tenancy including Victorian public housing,
• Housing First and Circles of Support is desirable
• An understanding of the biopsychosocial model of mental health and the benefits of social inclusion
• Ability to create and develop positive linkages with the community
• Be comfortable working independently as well as an active team member
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to work with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and individuals
• A current and valid driver’s licence and the ability to undertake some travel
• Satisfactory Police Records Check and Working with Children Check
• Willingness to co-locate with partnered community mental health services

MI Fellowship works with people with mental illness, their families and friends to improve their wellbeing. We work to achieve mental health reform through education, support and advocacy and provide a range of innovative rehabilitation programs. We currently employ over 350 staff and work across multiple sites within Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and the ACT on a range of innovative education, support, advocacy and rehabilitation programs.