Peer Worker - Adult Mental Health

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About Our Lived & Living Experience Workforce at Monash Health

Monash Health is one of the largest Lived and Living Experience Workforce employers in Victoria, encompassing both Consultants and Peer Workers. Our Peer Workforce, which includes both Consumer and Family/Carer Peer Workers, is integral to several of our inpatient units, community teams, emergency departments, and drug and alcohol services. We are dedicated to fostering a safe and supportive workplace, reinforced by strong professional leadership, reflective supervision, and opportunities for connection through co-reflection, employee forums, and ongoing professional development.

About the Pakenham ICP Team

The Casey area Community Mental Health Team provides an effective and comprehensive service to the Monash Adult Mental Health Program. Working within a multi-disciplinary team we provide treatment and support to individuals experiencing complex mental health problems. We strive to deliver high quality recovery-focused client care. Our aim is to promote self-efficacy and independence, and social inclusion with all the individuals we support. The Casey Intensive Mental Health Community Care Package Team is made up of experienced mental health clinicians offering specialty support to consumers with identified intensive mental health needs in the community. The team provide assertive community based mental health assessment and treatment.

About the Role – Part Time Ongoing

As integral members of our multidisciplinary teams, Peer Workers bring their lived and living experience to support others through the Intentional Peer Support (IPS) model. This approach emphasizes authentic connection, respect for diverse perspectives, mutuality, and shared experiences to foster growth, collaboration, and hope for recovery. 

Consumer Peer Workers offer individual and group support, empowering individuals to engage actively in their treatment and recovery journey.

As a Peer Worker at ICP your role can include:

• Mentor and support level two peer workers.
• Support non-peer workers on the team through the consumer perspective.
• Contribute consumer perspective to psychosocial review and team meetings.
• Provide reflective supervision to level two peer workers outside your team.
• Build a caseload of consumers to support.
• See consumers one to one. 
• Support consumers in appointment
• Work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Support the consumer perspective in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Design and co-facilitate consumer groups. 

About You

As a designated lived experience role, you will have a declared personal experience of living with mental illness, and experience of the mental health system. You have demonstrated professional experience as a level two lived experience peer worker for more than one year.

You possess a deep understanding of mental health challenges through your own lived experience and are passionate about supporting others. You have a genuine commitment to enhancing the lives of individuals living with mental health difficulties. With a strong focus on inclusion, diversity, and person-centred care, you bring excellent communication and interpersonal skills to your work. Your enthusiasm, compassion, and ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team set you apart. You are driven to pursue a meaningful and purposeful career, with a desire to grow as a lived experience health professional. 

What You Need 

As a peer worker you will demonstrate the following key skills, experience and knowledge (see attached Position Description for a complete list of requirements): 

• Declared personal experience living with mental illness, including experience as a mental health service user. 

• Ability to use your own lived experience to inspire hope in belief and recovery. 

• Knowledge of peer work principles and the ability to support others from a mutual perspective. 

• Completion of Intentional Peer Support (IPS) training. 

• At least one year professional experience as a level two consumer peer worker. 
   
   

What the Lived & Living Experience Workforce at Monash Health offers: 

• Comprehensive orientation and induction program. 

• Up to 2 hours reflective supervision per month, plus group co-reflection spaces. 

• Support and mentoring from Peer Work Leads. 

• Higher Education Recognition Allowance. 

• Funded Lived & Living Experience professional development and training opportunities. 

• Regular Lived & Living Experience Workforce forums.

Monash Health employees enjoy a range of benefits including:   

• Salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay. 

• Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program. 

• Free flu vaccinations. 

• Private health insurance at discounted rates. 

• Health imaging services. 

• + more

For a confidential discussion and to explore this opportunity futher, please reach out to Renata Linklater on 0458 513 712.

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 3 March 2026