headspace Peer Worker (Family & Friends)

Employer: Brophy Family & Youth Services Warrnambool VIC

Deadline: 14 Jul 2022, 12:00 am

The Peer Worker: Family and Friends will be an integral member of the Youth Early Intervention Team that provides short-term services to meet the needs of young people, 12 to 25, experiencing mild to moderate mental health needs who would benefit from a range of short-term early-intervention supports to build the knowledge and skills to improve and maintain their mental wellbeing and resilience, and encourage early help-seeking.

They will give a voice to issues related to families of young people accessing headspace Warrnambool services and will act as a positive and empathetic role model for families and friends seeking support at headspace.

They will use their own lived experience in supporting young people to access mental health care and wellbeing services by providing information, education, skills and strategies that support and promote wellbeing through family inclusive practice.

The Peer Worker (Family and Friends) will maintain a caseload, and will deliver high quality family and friend’s support, within their scope of practice, including individual and group supports, and navigation to family and friend’s digital information and referral to other family and friends supports.

They will assist the Leadership Team in championing family inclusive practice, and work collaboratively with the headspace Warrnambool multidisciplinary team to foster family inclusive practice and collaboration in the planning, delivery and evaluation of headspace services.

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