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Peer Services · Te Piringa Āhuru - Peer Support Hub

Peer Support Worker

Use your lived experience to support people in distress, building trust and connection in a relatively new service based out of Hunters Plaza.

Do you have your own personal lived experience with mental health and/or addiction?Required

Peer Support Workers have first-hand personal lived experience of mental distress and/or addictions. "Personal lived experience" means you yourself have you own, first-hand experience of distress, substance harm, harmful gambling, psychiatric diagnosis, addiction, using mental health or addiction supports or services, or experiencing barriers to accessing these supports and services when they are needed (or any combination of these experiences).

By sharing some of your experience with us, we will get to understand you more and support our review of your application

Are you a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident?Required
Do you hold a current Full New Zealand driver’s license?Required
Do you hold a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 4), or equivalent?Required
Have you had any criminal convictions (in NZ, Australia or anywhere else overseas) including any road traffic convictions?Required

Due to the nature of our business and our contract requirements, all potential and current employees are required to provide information on past and current convictions to ensure client and employee safety is maintained and reviewed at all times. In accordance with the Children’s Act 2014 and the NZ Police recommendations the employee will consent to Ember to submit a Police vetting request at the commencement of employment and every three years thereafter. Should an employee misrepresent their criminal history or driving license at any stage of the employment process (i.e. Ember Application form, interview, induction, or thereafter), and/or in the event an adverse Criminal vetting record is received, Ember may, after consultation with the employee and careful consideration of the facts, terminate the employment agreement without notice. Any record of criminal convictions will not be released if the applicant meets the eligibility criteria stipulated in Section 7 of the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004, unless: a. Section 19(3) of the Clean Slate Act applies to this request (exceptions to the clean slate regime) b. Section 31(13) of the Children’s Act 2014 applies to this request (safety checks of core children’s workers).

Do you have any injuries, medical conditions, or other personal circumstances that may be aggravated by or impact your ability to do carry out the duties of the position?Required
Are there any actions pending (in NZ, Australia or anywhere else overseas) which could result in criminal conviction?Required
Are you currently taking any medication that may impair your judgement or impact on your ability to effectively carry out the duties of the position you have applied for?Required

Ember supports our Kaimahi work-local and live-local in line with our wellness and sustainability approaches.

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