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Hi There!
I was hoping to have the below advertised?
Thanks heaps
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Who are we?
headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds. headspace has 108 centres across Australia in metropolitan, regional and remote areas, as well as online and phone support services through eheadspace.
Sonder is the lead agency for headspace Adelaide, Edinburgh North, Marion and Onkapringa.
Why are we hiring?
You may have noticed recently that Sonder has been advertising a large number of role opportunities – this is all due to our significant growth which has resulted in us being able to support more people in more communities. Whilst our growth has led to us now employing over 300 people, we’ve made sure to retain our friendly culture and practical approach.
What benefits can we offer?
When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous salary packaging options
- Meal & entertainment allowances
- Paid parental leave, and much more!
Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.
Learn about the position:
Location: Support for all headspace sites (Marion, Onkaparinga, Edinburgh North and Adelaide)
Hour: 0.1fte (equivalent to 1 day per fortnight)
The Cultural Advisor will provide support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peer Workers within Sonder’s Youth Services.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Peer Support Workers utilise their personal experience of issues with mental health to provide culturally-safe support to young people at risk of, or experiencing mental health conditions with the headspace Centres and their families/carers.
Reporting directly to the Youth Services Clinical Manager, your responsibilities will be:
- Appropriately and purposefully utilise own knowledge and experience to support and culturally mentor the Peer Support Worker roles across Sonder’s Youth Services.
- Utilise self-disclosure in a safe and meaningful way and is mindful of the potential for adverse effects from self-disclosure if used inappropriately.
- Work collaboratively with headspace peer workers and the multidisciplinary headspace team to provide peer specific, cultural support and mentoring
- Provide advice to headspace Centre where required on matters relating to Cultural Competency and opportunities for improvement
*This position is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Identified position and is exempt under the Equal Opportunity Act (1984). The position will only be open to those who identify as of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent*
Experience requirements:
- Demonstrated experience working within a fast-paced environment;
- Personal experience of being a consumer accessing mental health services
Qualification requirements:
- Knowledge and experience in using the Microsoft suite of software and databases
- Certificate IV in Mental Health / Peer Work or equivalent
Sonder are committed to supporting individuals reach qualifications required for this role and can discuss the incumbent working towards the certificate rather than already achieved.
*We encourage all applicants to read through the full position description before applying. This can be found at http://sonder.net.au/careers/
Please note: In accordance with the Emergency Management Direction No 2, regarding Healthcare Setting Workers, it is a condition of employment that you have the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination by 8th November 2021 or have an endorsed medical exemption that meets government requirements.
How to apply:
Applicants are requested to send a cover letter and resume to Sonder via our careers portal on our website.
Feel free to send any enquiries to employment@sonder.net.au
Molly Clayton
Recruitment Officer |
Aboriginal Social Media & Communications Network 2021
