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ACON Health
Peer Worker – Suicide Prevention
PART TIME
November 29, 2024
About the role
What’s ACON’s Regional Services you say?
Our regional teams engage with LGBTQ+ people, community members and people living with HIV (PLHIV) in providing care coordination, peer support, counselling services, delivering health promotion campaigns, undertaking community development and peer education initiatives, supporting community groups and events, providing training and support to mainstream services, and providing access to the needle and syringe program.
Ok, so what’s the role?
The Peer Worker (Suicide Prevention) is essentially utilising your lived experience of suicide and mental health challenges to support LGBTQ+ community members experiencing suicidal distress or following a recent attempt. This role is a part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of lived experience and non-lived experience roles responding to the needs of LGBTQ+ community members, however peer support may be delivered as a standalone support service depending on the support preferences of individual community members. You will:
ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.
To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:
Salary: $72,891 to $82,519 FTE (Gross per annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience ($43,734 to $49,512 for 3 days / week).
Location: ACON’s Bundjalung/Northern Rivers office (Lismore) with some flexible working options a possibility (WAFTO).
Hours: Part-Time (42 hours per fortnight) on a fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension.
We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:
Our regional teams engage with LGBTQ+ people, community members and people living with HIV (PLHIV) in providing care coordination, peer support, counselling services, delivering health promotion campaigns, undertaking community development and peer education initiatives, supporting community groups and events, providing training and support to mainstream services, and providing access to the needle and syringe program.
Ok, so what’s the role?
The Peer Worker (Suicide Prevention) is essentially utilising your lived experience of suicide and mental health challenges to support LGBTQ+ community members experiencing suicidal distress or following a recent attempt. This role is a part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of lived experience and non-lived experience roles responding to the needs of LGBTQ+ community members, however peer support may be delivered as a standalone support service depending on the support preferences of individual community members. You will:
- Provide strengths based, recovery orientated and trauma informed peer support, advocacy and mentoring to LGBTQ+ community members.
- Support and empower clients to strength their self-management skills.
- Work collaboratively with ACON staff, in particular Client Services and Regional Services staff to ensure adequate support is provided to clients in a timely manner.
- Regularly attend and actively participate in required team meetings to ensure consistent quality service delivery.
- Support the promotion of the service.
- Administer, support, train and evaluate volunteer workers, while ensuring they are properly onboarded and documented in accordance with relevant ACON policy & procedures.
- Someone with significant lived experience of suicide, mental health distress and recovery who is eager to use this experience to support LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV.
- A person who is compassionate and passionate about human rights and social justice.
- Someone who understands the broad range of social factors that impact experiences of suicidality for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV.
- A person with solid written and verbal communication skills including empathy, conflict resolution, productive feedback, active listening and case notes.
- Someone with a strong commitment and understanding of ACON’s communities, particularly people with HIV.
- A person with the ability to meaningfully connect with people from diverse backgrounds and possess the skills and commitment to provide a culturally open space.
- Someone with a balance of initiative and collaboration, who can work independently and as a part of a cohesive and supportive team.
ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.
To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Generous learning and development opportunities.
- Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
- Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.
Salary: $72,891 to $82,519 FTE (Gross per annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience ($43,734 to $49,512 for 3 days / week).
Location: ACON’s Bundjalung/Northern Rivers office (Lismore) with some flexible working options a possibility (WAFTO).
Hours: Part-Time (42 hours per fortnight) on a fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension.
We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:
- Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
- Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our end of year holiday shutdown period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.
Why You'll love working here
Professional development assistance
Employee mentoring program
Position Description : PD - Peer Worker Suicide Prevention
How can I find out more details and apply?
If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.
We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.
For more information on the role, please contact Chloe Wilson (she/her) Team Leader of Peer Work Services, via email at cwilson@acon.org.au or (02) 4962 7700.
If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out at www.acon.org.au/jobs.
All applications must include:
#PBA2
If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.
We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.
For more information on the role, please contact Chloe Wilson (she/her) Team Leader of Peer Work Services, via email at cwilson@acon.org.au or (02) 4962 7700.
If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out at www.acon.org.au/jobs.
All applications must include:
- Your completed ACON Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;
- Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 4 pages); and
- Your Resume (max. 4 pages).
Please quote in application: Peer Worker – Suicide Prevention via Pro Bono Australia.
Profession: #Community_Services, #Healthcare_and_Medical, #Social_and_Support_Work
Sector: #Community_Support_Services, #Drug_Alcohol_and_Addiction, #Health_–_General, #LGBTIQ, #Mental_Health
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