Join our Mental Health Services Team.

• Permanent part time role
• Located in Cheltenham
• SCHADS Level 3 + increase your take home pay with salary packaging benefits

Your New Role

The Early Intervention Psychosocial Support Response (EIPSR) Program supports people with severe mental illness to achieve recovery, independence, and meaningful community participation. The program focuses on early intervention, reducing long-term disability, and minimising the need for acute mental health services through integrated, community-based psychosocial support.

Peer Workers are valued members of the EIPSR team, providing recovery-oriented, evidence-based peer support informed by their own lived experience of mental health recovery. Using this unique perspective, Peer Workers foster hope, build confidence, and support clients to pursue the life they choose.

Peer Workers contribute across service delivery, including intake processes, group programs, service promotion, and case reviews. They work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, clients, carers, and community partners to deliver coordinated, person-centred recovery support.

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 a salary equivalent to SCHADS Level 3 + superannuation, you can access the following:

• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave
• Ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits which can be used for living expenses such as rent, groceries, bills, clothing, and much more
• Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave
• 10% discount for eligible employees on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning Service
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow

Your skills and experience

You will bring with you:

• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work and/or a relevant welfare qualification.
• Lived experience of mental illness with demonstrated recovery.
• Experience navigating public and/or private mental health systems.
• Understanding of harm minimisation approaches, particularly for people with dual diagnosis (mental health and substance misuse).
• Demonstrated experience providing direct care, including the ability to prioritise and respond to varying client needs.
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act and Privacy Act.

View the full 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, please reach out to Toni Smith on 0498 550 611 (during business hours) or toni.smith@vt.uniting.org

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.