AOD Lived-Experience Peer Worker — Recovery Advocate

Odyssey House NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey House NSW is seeking a Lived Experience Peer Worker for the Sydney Northern Beaches. You will draw on your own AOD and mental health experiences to support clients and advocate for their voice within a multidisciplinary team.

Role covers the Sydney North region, including Hornsby, Northern Beaches and Ryde, with a commitment to trauma-informed practice and recovery-oriented care.

Qualifications

• We're seeking an AOD Peer Worker who draws on their own lived experience of AOD, mental health and recovery.
• Build genuine, mutual relationships with consumers and role model recovery.
• Provide one-to-one and group peer support.
• Advocate for the consumer voice within the multidisciplinary team.
• Help people stay connected and work toward the goals that matter to them.
• Build connections with peer workers and services across the region.
• Delivered within our Model of Care.
• Works across the Sydney North region as the service grows.

Responsibilities

• Draw on lived experience of AOD and mental health to support others.
• Build genuine relationships with consumers and model recovery.
• Provide one-to-one and group peer support.
• Advocate for the consumer voice within the multidisciplinary team.
• Help people stay connected and work toward meaningful goals.
• Build connections with peer workers and services across the region.
• Operate within our Model of Care.
• Work across the Sydney North region as the service grows.

Education

Relevant VET or tertiary qualification

Job description

Odyssey House NSW is seeking a Lived Experience Peer Worker for the Sydney Northern Beaches. You will draw on your own AOD and mental health experiences to support clients and advocate for their voice within a multidisciplinary team.

Role covers the Sydney North region, including Hornsby, Northern Beaches and Ryde, with a commitment to trauma-informed practice and recovery-oriented care.