Lived Experience Peer Worker

Odyssey House NSW; Hornsby; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey House NSW is seeking an AOD Peer Worker to support people affected by alcohol and other drugs. You will draw on lived experience to provide one-to-one and group peer support, advocate for the consumer voice, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to help clients stay connected and work toward recovery goals.

Based in Sydney’s network including Hornsby and surrounding areas, the role emphasizes trauma-informed practice, harm minimisation and recovery-oriented care.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with AOD and mental health challenges is essential.
• Relevant VET or tertiary qualification or current study.
• Ability to mentor others toward recovery in a structured way.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group peer support.
• Advocate for the consumer voice within the multidisciplinary team.
• Build connections with peers and services across the region.
• Operate within our Model of Care and support clients to achieve recovery goals.

Skills

Peer support

Relationship building

Advocacy

Time management

Emotional resilience

Teamwork

Autonomous work

Education

VET or tertiary qualification

Job description

Bring your skills, compassion and care to support people affected by alcohol and other drugs. Join our team at Odyssey House NSW and help us reconnect lives, families and communities.

Be part of the diverse and inclusive culture we’re building in which our clients, staff and broader community feel safe, respected and valued.

Take your opportunity to thrive at a leading not-for-profit where we trust in your limitless potential.

Odyssey House NSW’s trauma-informed services set us apart as a leader in the support service space for alcohol and other drugs dependency. Our teams help clients to meet their goals and address underlying trauma and mental health issues, while also developing new skills to improve all aspects of their lives.

We provide a diverse range of services to individuals, families and community education. Our services include withdrawal services; one-on-one assessment and treatment by psychologists and counsellors; group therapy; residential rehabilitation; and free education at Odyssey College.

Our organisation takes safeguarding children and young people seriously, and as an employee of Odyssey House NSW, you are required to meet the behaviour standards outlined in our Code of Conduct.

Find us at our head office in Redfern and at our network of residential rehabilitation and community sites which span across Greater Sydney, the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains.

• 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 (Hornsby, Northern Beaches and Ryde) as the service grows
• Relevant VET or tertiary qualification or currently studying
• Lived experience of AOD and mental health challenges, service use and personal recovery
• Demonstrated capacity to engage with and mentor people toward recovery goals in a structured way
• Strong organisation, time management and emotional resilience, maintaining professional boundaries in challenging situations
• Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of harm minimisation, recovery oriented and trauma informed practice
• Emotional resilience and the ability to stay calm while supporting clients in high emotion situations