About the Peer CARE Companion community services
Our Peer CARE Companion Warmline and ‘in Community’ services respond to individual and local needs as they arise, while also enhancing and extending existing services. Through mobilising an ‘army’ of trained and supported people with a lived experience of suicide, volunteer Peer CARE Companions provide connection and ‘light touch’ peer support.
About the role
This is an exciting new opportunity in the expansion of our Peer CARE Companion Services into Queensland. Reporting to the Peer CARE Companion Statewide Coordinator QLD, the Peer CARE Companion Regional Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, operation and delivery of Peer CARE Companion in Community services within the Cairns region, including supporting regionally based Peer CARE Companions who also volunteer on the Peer CARE Companion Warmline.
This role is responsible for ensuring best practice service delivery processes are implemented and maintained in collaboration with the Head of Peer CARE Companion, Peer CARE Companion Statewide Coordinator and the broader Peer CARE Companion team.
Some essentials:
- A lived experience of suicide and an understanding of the impact it has on families, workplaces, friends, and communities.
- Previous experience in service delivery in a peer setting or in a similar role.
- Sophisticated interpersonal skills, including the ability to sit comfortably with people who are distressed and have open conversations about suicide and listen with intent.
- Experience in managing competing priorities, complex tasks and coordinating activities.
- High-level written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate and liaise effectively and sensitively at all levels, both internally and externally.
