Outreach Peer Practitioner (Lived Experience)

Mind Australia Limited; Grenfell, Adelaide; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

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Fleet vehicle (business use)

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Mind Australia is seeking a compassionate Peer Practitioner for a permanent, part-time outreach role in South Australia. You will provide recovery-oriented, home- and community-based peer support, using your lived experience to help individuals gain independence.

A fleet vehicle is provided for business use, with travel across Adelaide. The role involves building skills, fostering connections, and supporting recovery goals while collaborating with carers and service partners.

Qualifications

• Lived or living experience of mental health challenges and willingness to use your experience purposefully to support others in their recovery journey.
• Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/ or Advanced Training, or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required.
• Previous experience using lived experience in a dedicated Peer role is strongly desirable.
• Understanding of recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and family-inclusive practice.
• Valid unrestricted Australian driver’s licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual peer support grounded in your lived/living experience, including safe and purposeful sharing to build hope and support recovery.
• Utilise the Intentional Peer Support (IPS) framework to support people through periods of distress and recovery.
• Design and facilitate group programs that support peer connection and wellbeing.
• Support people to navigate systems and connect with services, education, employment and community supports.
• Work in a family-inclusive way, strengthening connections with carers and natural supports.
• Contribute to co-design and co-production, service improvement, and ongoing professional development including peer co-reflection.

Job description

Mind Australia is seeking a compassionate Peer Practitioner for a permanent, part-time outreach role in South Australia. You will provide recovery-oriented, home- and community-based peer support, using your lived experience to help individuals gain independence.

A fleet vehicle is provided for business use, with travel across Adelaide. The role involves building skills, fostering connections, and supporting recovery goals while collaborating with carers and service partners.