• Join a dedicated team and make a positive difference
• Promote a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment for all young people
• SCHADS Level 3 + super, Part time Maximum term (12 months)

Your new role

Utilize your lived experience to support other young people on their mental health recovery journey. Being a youth peer support worker means drawing on your lived experience in a safe and supportive way. This may include sharing parts of your lived experience of help-seeking and recovery when supporting young people and when engaging with communities. Sharing in this way should be based on what is helpful (or unhelpful) for this young person, what is appropriate to share within your role and responsibilities, and your boundaries about what you feel comfortable and safe sharing.

headspace Horsham strongly encourages candidates aged between 18 and 30 with a lived experience of mental health challenges, and/or help-seeking to apply. This position is time limited and as such headspace will support peer workers to transition out of their roles at the end of this period by offering training, professional development and potentially opportunities to transition into other roles within the organisation.

About headspace Horsham

headspace Horsham provides early intervention mental health services to young people aged 12 to 25 across the Wimmera with an awareness of the importance of providing of a positive experience in what may be their first connection with a mental health service.

Uniting Vic Tas is the lead agency for headspace Horsham and provides the infrastructure and corporate and clinical governance. Click here for more information on our service.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work is not easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of (SCHADS Level 3.1) + super, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and the 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 groceries, bills, clothing, streaming services, and much more.

With our meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually, you can save on dining out and drinks, making the most of your pre-tax dollars. At Uniting, you can also access the following:

• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Receive a 10% discount on the childcare subsidy gap fee at Uniting Early Learning.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).

Your skills and experience

• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or similar is desired.
• Practical knowledge of issues faced by young people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges and their families.

Click here to view job description

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

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

For any questions, reach out to Trina Gloury, Team Leader – Centre Operations on trina.gloury@vt.uniting.orgor call 0455 212 227 during business hours.

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 LGBTQIA+. 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.