FWLHD - Zero Suicides in Care - Suicide Prevention Outreach Team Peer Worker

Far West Local Health District; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 47,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 Weeks Annual Leave

Salary packaging up to $9k living exp.

Novated Leasing

Fitness Passport and EAP

Professional development support

Country lifestyle

Job summary

The Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT) at Far West Local Health District in Broken Hill NSW is seeking Health Education Officer Non Grad to deliver recovery-oriented peer support for people in crisis. The role involves crisis response, safety planning and advocacy, with a focus on remote and outreach communities via telehealth.

You’ll join clinicians and peer workers delivering afterhours care and follow-up, with opportunities for professional development and a supportive country lifestyle.

Qualifications

• SPOT peer workers provide recovery-oriented peer support for people in crisis.
• Role involves crisis response, assertive follow-up, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• The Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT) provides afterhours care and follow-up to people experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress.
• The SPOT peer workers provide recovery-oriented peer support for people in crisis, including crisis response, follow-up, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual peer support, advocacy and community supports.
• The position will support remote and outreach communities of the Far West LHD, primarily via telehealth, and some support to the Broken Hill area.

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time/Permanent Part Time

Position Classification: Health Education Officer Non Grad

Remuneration: $34.08 - $49.29 ph + Super

Requisition ID: REQ699807

Location: Broken Hill NSW

We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door! Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT), consisting of clinicians and peer workers, are a mobile team who provide afterhours care and follow-up to people who are experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress.

The SPOT peer workers will provide recovery-oriented peer support for people who are in crisis. Support may include crisis response, assertive follow up, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual peer support, advocacy, and collaborative identification of community supports.

The position will provide support to remote and outreach communities of the Far West LHD, primarily via telehealth communications, as well as providing some support to the Broken Hill area.

What Is On Offer

• 5 Weeks Annual Leave
• Salary packaging (pay less tax!), enjoy up to $9k for living expenses, $2.6k for meals and entertainment
• Novated Leasing
• Fitness Passport and EAP to maintain your health and wellbeing
• Professional development with support through advanced education & training to help you develop your career
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About The Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to provide excellence in rural and remote health and we truly empower our staff to deliver the best health outcomes for our community

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare

About Broken Hill

Often referred to as an “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

For role related queries or questions contact Dale Brown on [e-mail]

Applications Close: 25th October 2026

Stepping Up

The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health.

About

If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.