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Peer Mentor – Position Description

Background Information

Peer Mentoring potentially assists people living with brain injury to:

  • support adjustment to injury
  • build a sense of hope and self-worth living a changed life
  • create and sustain social relationships and circles
  • re-integrate into the community
  • expand awareness of community resources
  • cope with feelings of depression and sadness
  • adapt to changing relationships with family members
  • develop self-advocacy skills and confidence
  • reduce the risk of alcohol and substance abuse
  • protect against feelings of hopelessness, isolation and a feeling of being lost in the world
  • reducing dependencies on systems
  • support Brain Injury SA participants and the wider community by raising awareness of brain injury

At Brain Injury SA (BISA) Peer Mentors may be involved in:

  • BISA group work – Reconnect Transition Program (RTP), Brain Injury Support and Education Group (BISE Group), Catch Up groups, Social events
  • Assist in bridging between sub-acute and community service access through one on one support
  • Include engagement in virtual support – safe online communication, sharing platforms

This will operate as follows:

  • Appointment – through application and selection process
  • Appointment duration – the successful applicant will be appointed for a two-year traineeship, following which they may be interested in seeking appointment as a full Board member

Peer Mentor Responsibilities:

  • Attending agreed appointments with allocated participants
  • Working to parameters of role

Criteria for selection

Essential:

  • Successful candidates must have lived experience of brain injury
  • Applicants must be over 18
  • Commitment to complete Peer mentoring training and required screening processes
  • A strong commitment and passion in achieving excellence in service delivery to people living with brain injury
  • A demonstrated capacity to understand and adhere to principles necessary for this role including confidentiality and informed diligence

Desirable:

Applicants should be able to demonstrate:

  • Insight into experience of living with brain injury
  • A commitment to expanding opportunities for others living with brain injury in the community

Note: In line with all Board appointments, this is a voluntary position and is not paid, although expenses incurred in meeting attendance can be paid as agreed at appointment.


Selection process

All applications will be reviewed by the Governance Committee using the above criteria. Interviews may be conducted with short listed candidates and will be in person.


A completed application should include:

  • Full Name, Address, date of birth, contact details – email and telephone number as a minimum
  • How did you find out about this role?
  • Why you would like to be appointed as a Peer Mentor with Brain Injury SA?
  • What do you think are the strengths you would bring to the role?
  • What support or assistance would you be looking for to fulfil your role as a Peer Mentor?

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  • Any other information you would like to contribute in your application

Making an Application

An application can be made online using the Volunteer Application Form. Applications to become a Peer Mentor at BISA can be made any time. Engagement as a Peer Mentor will depend on opportunities and when they become available.

Apply Online for this Role

A bit about Brain Injury SA…

Our Vision:

Embrace life after brain injury

Our Purpose

Brain Injury SA is for people with Acquired Brain Injury

Acquire Brain Injury (ABI) is the “multiple disabilities arising from damage to the brain acquired after birth. It results in deterioration in cognitive, physical, emotional or independent functioning. It can be as a result of accidents, tumours, infection, poisoning, lack of oxygen, degenerative neurological disease etc.”
– National Community Services Data Dictionary (Australian Institute of Health and Well Being, Canberra, 2012)

As a Peak Body and a Service Provider, Brain Injury SA works with and for the ABI community to:

  • Empower people to determine and work towards their goals
  • Provide tailored and accessible therapy services to maximise quality of life
  • Assist in addressing barriers and issues arising from living with disabilities
  • Support families and carers
  • Advocate for and work to deliver increased community and government awareness, inclusion and assistance for people living with ABI
  • Continuously improve the value and quality of services through research, evaluation and development

Our Values

Our Values. We work with: Empathy – we work humbly alongside our participants with appreciation of their viewpoint and their ownership of their lives. Respect – we listen to understand, give value to the choices of participants and create dignity in the provision and receipt of assistance. Empowerment – we engage our participants in addressing the needs they define, encouraging, supporting and growing their confidence to drive the changes they seek. Accountability – we are committed to creating trust in our service provision through honesty, transparency and inclusion in decision making and integrity in our practices. Drive – to be innovative and work efficiently, striving for continuous improvement with positive impact for our participants with a quest to continuously improve our services. Collaboration – we recognise that working together and with others achieves more than working alone.
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