Mental Health Peer Recovery Worker

Wellways Australia; Newcastle; Sur place; GBP 29 000 - 31 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible roster

Salary packaging up to $15,899

Meal/Entertainment allowance

Paid parental leave after 12 months

Leave loading 17.5%

Employee Assistance Program

Résumé du poste

Wellways Australia is seeking a Peer Recovery Worker for the Youth Transitional Care Program in Newcastle. The part-time role focuses on recovery, wellbeing and inclusion, drawing on lived experience to engage young people and support their recovery journeys.

You will build relationships, facilitate storytelling, and connect participants to community activities and Wellways services, while contributing to education and an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with mental health recovery.
• Strong understanding of mental health practices.
• Demonstrated empathy and effective communication with young people.

Responsabilités

• Build trusting relationships with young people and help them set and achieve goals.
• Facilitate storytelling and mutual understanding through shared experiences.
• Encourage participation in community activities to support recovery goals and engagement with Wellways services.
• Contribute to community education on mental health.
• Support an inclusive workplace valuing lived experience and involvement of participants, carers and families.

Connaissances

Lived experience

Mental health understanding

Empathy

Communication

Formation

Certificate 4 in Mental Health

Certificate 4 in Peer Work

Certificate 4 in Community Services

Description du poste

Part-time role based in Newcastle West NSW 2302

Join a collaborative team focused on recovery, wellbeing and inclusion

SCHADS Level 3B ($40.49 - 43.42 per hour) + Salary Packaging + Leave loading

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

Peer Recovery Worker - Youth Transitional Care Program

Newcastle

Help young people move forward, build confidence and create the future they want.

Make a real difference every day

As a Peer Recovery Worker with Wellways' Youth Transitional Care Program, you'll draw upon their own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery to engage and empower program participants in their own recovery journey.

Peer Recovery Workers provide positive role models of hope and recovery and share their experiences to assist families; clinicians and the community better understand the participant perspective and facilitate Wellways' peer learning programs.

What you'll be doing

• Build trusting relationships with young people and support them to achieve their goals.
• Holding safe and purposeful storytelling with people who access services to support and build reciprocity via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience
• Encourage and facilitate connection to and participation in a range of natural and community-based activities that support the achievement of recovery goals, including other Wellways services
• Participating in the development and delivery of community education in relation to mental health
• Contribute to an inclusive workplace that values lived experience and the involvement of participants, carers and families in the work we do

You're passionate about working alongside young people and believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live a fulfilling and connected life. You will work collaboratively with Wellways staff and other services to ensure that participants have access to the supports that they need, when they need them.

Most importantly, you will bring empathy, energy and a belief in the potential of every young person.

You will also need:

• Lived experience of mental health issues and recovery as a person with mental health challenges and recovery
• A contemporary understanding of mental health issues and recovery orientated mental health practice
• Completion of the Certificate 4 in Mental Health, Peer work, Certificate 4 in Community Services, or equivalent practical experience.
• Current valid Driver Licence
• Current Car Insurance and Registration
• Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Satisfactory Police Records Check
• Certificate of Completion - NDIS Worker Orientation Module - free online course
• Right to Work within Australia and 100 Points of ID

What we will offer you...

• Flexible roster with a variety of shifts available
• Ongoing training and participant-specific skill development
• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• Paid Cultural Leave (where applicable)
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• 17.5% Leave Loading when you take annual leave
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Jenna Katchel |Team Leader | [e-mail]

Job Description Summary

Culture

We're passionate about our work , which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding . All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. W e know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

Applications Close

23/11/2026