About the Peer CARE Companion in Community Project
‘Peer CARE Companion in Community’ provides a ‘golden thread’ of trained and supported community members with lived experience of suicide known as Peer CARE Companions. The volunteer-based service strengthens the existing network of suicide prevention services including aftercare, postvention and safe spaces, and address service and support gaps in community by providing ‘light touch’ peer support and connection.
About the role
This role supports our operations in the Northern Beaches area, and therefore you must be located within the region. While it is region specific, this is a work from home role, with community engagement and peer support required to occur within community. There is also occasional intrastate and interstate travel as well.
Reporting to the Statewide Coordinator, this position is responsible for the coordination, administration, and delivery of Peer CARE Companion in Community services in the Northern Beaches area, including supporting regionally based Peer CARE Companion Volunteers.
This role will suit someone who is flexible in their working hours, as there will be a requirement to work some evenings and weekends (time in lieu arrangements negotiable). This is a permanent part time opportunity, working 30 hours per week, with capacity to negotiate full time for the right candidate. Salary referenced is the full time equivalent.
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.
- Demonstrated capacity to maintain confidentiality and professional standards of behaviour in difficult and sensitive circumstances.
