Advanced Peer Worker (Lived Experienced)

Townsville Hospital and Health Service; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 67,000 - 74,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks annual leave (pro rata)

Locality allowance

17.5% superannuation

Salary Sacrificing options

Job summary

Townsville Hospital and Health Service is seeking an Advanced Peer Worker (Lived Experienced) in Townsville, QLD. The role centres on coaching peer workers, delivering recovery-focused education to staff, and leveraging lived experience to support consumers and families.

The position is permanent part-time (60.8 hours per fortnight) with competitive salary and benefits. Applicants will be required to meet Blue Card requirements and have relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Personal lived/living experience of mental illness and/or substance use challenges is a genuine occupational requirement.
• Blue Card/working with children check required prior to appointment.
• Experience in public mental health service or NGO sector is highly desirable.
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or ability to undertake this qualification is highly desirable.
• This is a VPD risk role.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring to facilitate education and development of peer workers.
• Provide education opportunities to staff to develop understanding of recovery framework and lived experience.
• Utilise lived experience to assist in the development and delivery of consumer and carer support groups and psycho-education sessions.

Skills

Lived experience

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work

Job description

Advanced Peer Worker (Lived Experienced)

Townsville Hospital and Health Service – Townsville QLD

PLEASE NOTE - This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.

About the opportunity

The purpose of this position is to:

• Work under general direction to facilitate the education and development of the peer workers through coaching and mentorship.
• Provide education opportunities to staff of the MHSG to develop a better understanding of the recovery framework and lived experience perspective.
• Utilise your lived experience of mental ill-health, substance use challenges and recovery to assist in the development and delivery of consumer and carer support groups, psycho education programs and other recovery-oriented information sessions for consumers and their carers and families.

This is a permanent part-time role, working 60.8 hours per fortnight.

About your new employer

Townsville Hospital and Health Service offers a dynamic and diverse healthcare environment, supporting high-quality service delivery across a large regional network. As a leading tertiary provider, we foster innovation, multidisciplinary collaboration and continuous professional development.

Our organisation promotes a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture, combined with the lifestyle advantages of North Queensland — including short commutes, affordable living and access to both urban and coastal communities. Flexible work options and a strong focus on employee wellbeing support a balanced and rewarding career.

Role requirements

• Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), there is a genuine occupational requirement for the successful applicant to have a personal lived/living experience of mental illness and/or substance use challenges. It is expected that the successful applicant be prepared to utilise their lived/living experience to assist others where appropriate and to be a role model for consumers and the wider community to overcome stigma and encourage personal development.
• Blue Card Checks: Potential applicants are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check' from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian prior to appointment to this position. The successful candidate will be required to provide a copy of their current Blue Card before commencing in the role.
• Experience working within a public mental health service or the NGO sector is highly desirable.
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or the ability to undertake a certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work is highly desirable.
• This is a VPD risk role.

Please refer to the Role Description for further details.

Competitive salary and benefits:

We offer attractive remuneration packages and generous leave entitlements.

• Salary range: $48.69 - $53.54 p.h. (AO4)
• 4 weeks (pro rata) annual leave with 17.5% loading
• Locality allowance
• 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
• Plus Salary Sacrificing options may be available