Advanced Peer Worker

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing Professional Development and E

Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety

Generous Salary Sacrificing Options

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service in Rockhampton is seeking a Mental Health Peer Worker to support recovery and wellbeing. You will connect with consumers, carers and staff, sharing lived experience to demonstrate what recovery can look like in real life.

Using peer support and psychoeducation, you will help consumers set meaningful goals, work with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to service improvements while maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Understand recovery and share lived experience to support others.
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work is desirable; public mental health NGO experience preferred.
• Ability to build relationships, work with multidisciplinary teams and maintain boundaries.
• Plan and deliver psychoeducation and groups; identify service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Connect with consumers, carers and staff, sharing lived experience to model recovery.
• Support people to reach meaningful goals using peer support and recovery tools.
• Provide psychoeducation to help consumers understand and manage mental health.
• Collaborate with teams, gather feedback, and represent the consumer voice on panels.

Skills

Peer support

Recovery-focused

Communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Rockhampton QLD

We support the mental health and wellbeing of more than250,000 peopleacross Central Queensland, including Gladstone, the Capricorn Coast, Rockhampton, the Central Highlands and Banana.

With services across the region, we provide specialistmental health, alcohol and other drug care, from acute inpatient support to community-based services.

Rockhampton is our principal service centre, with additional facilities including an Adult Step-Up Step-Down service in Gladstone and a Community Care Unit in Rockhampton.

We're all about working together — partnering with hospitals, health services, community organisations and private providers to support recovery, improve wellbeing and help people move forward.

About us:

We support the mental health and wellbeing of more than250,000 peopleacross Central Queensland, including Gladstone, the Capricorn Coast, Rockhampton, the Central Highlands and Banana.

With services across the region, we provide specialistmental health, alcohol and other drug care, from acute inpatient support to community-based services.

Rockhampton is our principal service centre, with additional facilities including an Adult Step-Up Step-Down service in Gladstone and a Community Care Unit in Rockhampton.

We're all about working together — partnering with hospitals, health services, community organisations and private providers to support recovery, improve wellbeing and help people move forward.

About the role:

• Be a recovery role model. Connect with consumers, carers and staff, sharing your lived experience and showing what recovery can look like in real life.
• Support people to reach their goals. Use peer support, recovery tools and your own experience to help consumers identify meaningful goals and take positive steps towards achieving them.
• Share knowledge and build confidence. Provide practical support, education and psychoeducation that helps consumers better understand and manage their mental health.
• Connect, collaborate and have a voice. Work with multidisciplinary teams and community organisations, gather consumer and carer feedback, and represent the consumer voice on recruitment and selection panels.

About you:

• Understand recovery, strengths-based practice and the power of sharing your own experience to support and inspire others.
• A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work is highly desirable, along with experience in public mental health or the NGO sector.
• Can build positive relationships, work confidently with multidisciplinary teams, advocate for the consumer voice and maintain professional boundaries.
• Plan and deliver engaging psychoeducation and groups, help identify service improvements, evaluate what works and use everyday tools like Microsoft Office with confidence.

What we offer:

Total remuneration value of up to $60,562 p.a. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $48.60 - $55.54 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits:

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

Applications close: Thursday, 22 October 2026

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