About the role

The Advanced Peer Worker (APW) works under general direction to facilitate the development, planning and delivery of support services to young people experiencing early psychosis within the Early Psychosis Team.

The APW will use their lived experience of mental illness to model recovery strategies to young people experiencing early psychosis, and/or families and carers within the Early Psychosis Team.

The APW may engage other service providers e.g., NGOs to support the person's recovery.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Respect – demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately, communicates effectively and balances the needs of all stakeholders with utmost respect to all people at all times
• Teamwork – collaborates effectively, develops own talent through ongoing professional development, values differences and recognises importance of teamwork in health service delivery
• Compassion – is completely consumer focussed, demonstrates self-awareness and the effects of behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of consumer services
• High Performance – cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North's vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our consumers and stakeholders
• Integrity – demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard

Within the context of the responsibilities described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated knowledge of recovery principles and strength-based approach in working with people who are experiencing early psychosis.
• Demonstrated well developed communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain professional boundaries.
• Demonstration ability to advocate for the consumer, family and carer perspective to identify service improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver education programs and groups to people experiencing mental illness, their families, carers and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to share relevant lived experiences of recovery to assist young people experiencing early psychosis, their families, carers and staff within the role.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers ( https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers )

Job ad reference number: MH552489
Close date: 11/04/2024

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED