Carer Peer Worker

Bayside Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Fitness Passport

Team support

Work-life balance

On-site parking

Child care services near The Alfred

Job summary

Bayside Health invites applications for a Permanent Part-time Carer Peer Worker based at The Alfred’s Adult Inpatient Unit in Melbourne. You will draw on lived experience to support families and carers while working with AMAH teams to tailor care planning.

The role emphasises peer support, collaboration with multidisciplinary staff, and promoting recovery. A Victorian driver’s licence and background check are required.

Qualifications

• Personal lived experience of caring for a family member or someone with mental health challenges.
• Experience in a carer peer role is preferred.
• Formal qualifications are helpful but not mandatory.
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence is required.
• Willingness to undergo a Background Check.

Responsibilities

• Provide peer support to families, carers and supporters of consumers.
• Collaborate with AMAH Carer Lived Experience Workforce and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support engagement of carers and families to aid recovery planning.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy

Communication

Phone support

Education

Certificate IV in Peer Work

Intentional Peer Support training

Job description

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Permanent, Part-time (0.6EFT / 48 hours)
• Based at The Alfred's Adult Inpatient Unit
• Lived Experience Worker Level 2/3

What's in it for you

• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
• Fitness Passport (Subscription membership to select gyms across Melbourne)
• Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
• Work-life balance

About us

Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) is responsible for the operation of services, which focus on people with a mental illness residing in the Inner southeastern area of Melbourne.

The single most important goal of AMAH is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.

Our Adult Inpatient Mental and Addictions Health team is comprised of dedicated and compassionate mental health clinicians and lived experience workers. We celebrate diversity within our workforce and are a socially active team with a genuine interest in each other's wellbeing. We set high standards and our team is committed to delivering timely and effective care to individuals in need, ensuring their well-being and promoting recovery. We also value higher learning and have a supportive lived experience management team who are dedicated to supporting the professional growth of our lived experience workers.

What you’ll be doing

The Carer Peer Worker provides peer support to families, carers and supporters who have a relative or friend receiving treatment from the IPU. The position will work in partnership with the AMAH Carer Lived Experience Workforce and multidisciplinary treating teams to ensure the unique needs of families and carers are understood and supported during the treatment and planning process.

The aim of Carer Peer Support is to:

• Minimise the impact of complex mental health issues on carers and significant others of consumers within the service
• Support the engagement of carers/families and significant others within the service in order to enhance the process of recovery for consumers

About you

• As our Carer Peer Worker, you will draw from your own lived experience in a purposeful manner to offer support, either face to face or over the telephone, to families, carers and supporters of our consumers.
• A personal lived experience of caring for a family member or someone with mental health challenges
• Previous experience working in a carer peer role
• Formal qualifications are not mandatory but may be helpful (Certificate IV in Peer Work, Intentional Peer Support training)
• Current Victorian Driver's License
• Be willing to undergo a Background Check

Other benefits

• Salary Packaging & Novated Leasing throughMaxxia.
• On-site car (subject to availability) & bike parking opportunities, Deducted Pre-Tax!!
• Fantastic onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred throughProSportHealth and Fitness.
• Child Care Services at The Alfred managed byKU Children's Services
• Close to public transport and cafes

For more information regarding the position, please contact Heidi Farrant, Team Leader Peer Work - Hospital & Emergency Services on *********@alfred.org.au

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department's risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.