Casual Peer Mental Health Worker — Goulburn

Flourish Australia; Goulburn; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working conditions

Career development & training (Mental-

Employee Assistance Program

Supervision & mentoring

Rainbow Network / YarnUp

Fleet pricing discounts

Retail discounts

Job summary

Flourish Australia is seeking a Casual Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker to join the Goulburn team. The role supports people with lived experience of mental health challenges, helping them pursue goals and maintain wellness.

You will engage in recovery conversations, offer activities aligned with interests, and empower clients to lead their own recovery journeys. The opportunity values lived experience and offers pathways for professional development, supervision, mentoring, and access to

Qualifications

• Hold a Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
• Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.
• A personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
• A strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
• Maintain a current Australian Driver’s Licence (and willingness to travel locally for community-based support).

Responsibilities

• Effectively and appropriately hold recovery and social citizenship conversations with people who access our services
• Listen to and create opportunities and activities that meet the interests and goals of people
• Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused, whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey
• Ensure that individual support is provided to a person that accesses Flourish Australia services that meet their recovery journey goals and is strengths based and led by the person wherever possible
• Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence
• Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education

Skills

Lived experience

Values alignment

Recovery-based practice

Driver's Licence

Education

Certificate IV or above

Job description

Flourish Australia is seeking a Casual Mental Health Worker or Peer Worker to join the Goulburn team. The role supports people with lived experience of mental health challenges, helping them pursue goals and maintain wellness.

You will engage in recovery conversations, offer activities aligned with interests, and empower clients to lead their own recovery journeys. The opportunity values lived experience and offers pathways for professional development, supervision, mentoring, and access to