Join our Mental Health Services Team.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay
• Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight), Maximum term until 30/07/2027
• Based in Ballarat

Your new role

As the Peer Support Worker, you will provide recovery-oriented peer support to adults experiencing severe mental illness, drawing on their own lived experience of mental health challenges, recovery, and sustained wellbeing.

In collaboration with consumers, their support networks, the EIPSR team and clinical mental health services, you will support consumers while they navigate their recovery journey and work with them to develop an individual recovery plan, achieve their goals and participate in their chosen community

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your hourly rate (SCHADS Level 3) + super, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

• Certificate IV in Mental Health or Peer Work
• Current valid driver’s license, First Aid & CPR
• Lived experience of mental illness and demonstrated experience of recovery and long-term stability.
• Demonstrated experience of the public or private mental health system and associated health systems that consumers may interact with; knowledge of common barriers to support and ways to overcome these.
• Understanding of harm minimization approaches to the treatment and management of persons with comorbid mental health issues and addiction challenges.
• Demonstrated experience in working at a direct care level, including the ability to manage a 1:1 case load and prioritize different needs within group activities and know when to seek assistance.

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Sarah Lapinski on 0479 187 493

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.