Adult Survivors Program Lived Experience Worker

Northern Sydney Local Health District; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 73,000 - 86,000; Part time

Job summary

Northern Sydney Local Health District is seeking a Senior Lived Experience Worker to lead lived experience initiatives within the NSW Health Adult Survivors Program (ASP) across PARVAN services, with a focus on improving health and wellbeing outcomes for adult survivors of child sexual abuse with complex needs.

You will draw on your lived experience to inform service design, delivery and evaluation, and support the implementation of trauma- and violence-informed, person-centred care across

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in peer or lived experience roles within health or related sectors.
• Ability to leverage lived experience to inform program design and service delivery.
• Willingness to complete appropriate training and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead lived experience initiatives within the ASP across PARVAN services.
• Co-design and deliver capability-building education and training.
• Identify gaps and create new initiatives to improve responses for adult survivors.
• Support trauma-informed, person-centred care across services.

Skills

Lived experience peer work

Mental health experience

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Job description

Join a new and innovative team in NSLHD working to support Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. In this senior Lived Experience role you will be focussed on working across Mental Health, AOD and PARVAN to improve responses for adult survivors across the health system through training, quality improvement and other capacity building initiatives. This role will lead Lived Experience interventions within PARVAN services and have scope to identify gaps and create new initiatives.

Employment Type

Permanent Part Time

Position Classification

Senior Health Education Officer Graduate/Non Graduate

Remuneration

$53.09 - $62.28 per hour

Hours Per Week

23

Requisition ID

REQ702243

Who we are

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

You will be based with the PARVAN team at the RNS Community Health Centre as this is a District wide services you will, at times, be required to work across the District at multiple locations.

What You'll Be Doing

The ASP Senior Lived Experience Worker provides strategic lived experience leadership within the NSW Health Adult Survivors Program (ASP) in NSLHD to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for adult survivors of child sexual abuse with complex needs. Drawing on their lived experience of child sexual abuse, healing journey and their experience of the health system, the role ensures lived experience perspectives inform service design, delivery and evaluation, and supports the implementation of trauma- and violence-informed, person-centred care.

The position works collaboratively with PARVAN, Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol, Aboriginal Health Services, and community stakeholders to co-design and deliver capability-building initiatives, including education and training, that strengthen workforce confidence and responsiveness to victim-survivors. The role contributes to cultural change by embedding survivor-centred and trauma-informed practice across services.

The ASP Senior Lived Experience Worker develops empathetic relationships to support healing and recovery for victim-survivors accessing ASP services and contributes to the design, delivery and evaluation of group programs for survivors and their families and support networks. The role leads lived experience priorities within ASP and supports improved access, integration and continuity of care across service systems.

The position provides lived experience leadership to identify and address systemic issues through participation in co-design, governance, quality improvement and research activities, contributing to service innovation and continuous improvement. The role undertakes outreach across NSLHD, including engagement and co-location with relevant services, to enhance collaboration, service accessibility and equity of outcomes.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates Will Need To Meet The Following Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in Peer or Lived Experience related role(s) with at least 2 years' experience within Violence, Abuse and Neglect, Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug services, or a related non-government sector, and training in peer work or a willingness and commitment to complete appropriate training. For graduate applicants, an appropriate tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent as recognised under the Award. However, demonstrated lived experience and peer work experience remain essential requirements for the role
• Lived experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, with demonstrated ability to safely and purposefully use this experience to support victim-survivors, facilitate groups, contribute to system advocacy and inform program design.
• Experience in leadership, mentoring and/or supervision within a lived experience or peer framework, including commitment to professional development, best practice and undertaking relevant supervision training.
• Sound knowledge of trauma-informed care, including understanding the impacts of child sexual abuse and the ability to respond to diverse lived experiences.

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For role related queries or questions contact Elizabeth May on [e-mail] or 0473 068 905.

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This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in theNSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

Applications Close: 9 November 2026