Peer Practice Lead

Neami National; New South Wales; Sur place; AUD 106 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous leave entitlements

Wellness leave

Parental leave

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Résumé du poste

Neami National is seeking a Peer Practice Lead (Auburn Medicare Mental Health Centre) to guide peer staff and embed lived experience governance in service delivery. The role centres consumer voice in planning and evaluation and supports staff with supervision and professional growth.

Guided by IPS and lived experience guidelines, you will work across teams to deliver high-quality mental health services, build capacity, and contribute to continuous service improvement within Neami National.

Qualifications

• Proven lived experience and ability to apply learnings in practice.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring of staff.
• Strong communication and interactive engagement with consumers and teams.
• Ability to reflect, receive feedback and develop practice skills.

Responsabilités

• Support and develop Peer Workers and the lived experience workforce.
• Embed Lived Experience governance principles in service delivery and planning.
• Collaborate with leadership and committees to improve services.

Connaissances

Lived experience

Leadership

Communication

Self-reflection

Team supervision

Formation

Intentional Peer Support training

Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work

Hearing Voices training

First Aid Certificate

Description du poste

Peer Practice Lead – Auburn Medicare Mental Health Centre

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

• Full Time Permanent
• Classification:SCHADSLevel 5with a salary range of$105,676 - $110,478per annum + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year

About your new role

Guided by Intentional Peer Support (IPS) and the National Lived Experience Workforce Guidelines, Peer Practice Leads (PPLs) support Peer Workers to draw on their own life-changing lived experience of distress, crisis and/or trauma, and their journey of recovery and healing, to support consumers and carers who face similar challenges to their health and wellbeing.

PPLs ensure consumer voice is at the centre of all aspects of service delivery, planning and evaluation and work with leadership to embed Lived Experience governance principles in their team. PPLs maintain connection with the Lived Experience sector and support staff with their understanding of the broader Lived Experience movement.

PPLs support staff practice development and professional growth through line management, discipline specific supervision, co-reflection, communities of practice and identify wider training needs whilst navigating power imbalances and role modelling mutuality. PPLs will aid the delivery of the best possible comprehensive service to consumers by supporting and building capacity of the Lived Experience Workforce and providing direct support to consumers and carers as required.

As well as purposeful use of personal lived experience, PPLs draw on the broader collective Lived Experience history and social movements to explore and understand the impacts of stigma, discrimination and systemic harm. PPLs play a vital role in continuous service improvement by integrating and elevating lived experience perspectives through membership of internal and external committees and working groups.

Drawing on strong relational and self-reflection skills, PPLs apply the Lived Experience perspective in individual relationships, team processes, and service collaborations. As key members of transdisciplinary teams, PPLs compliment and enrich the professional knowledge and skills of staff from other disciplines.

About Neami National

We’re Neami. We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We’re proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values

• Connecting
• Learning
• Belonging

What will Neami offer

• Generous leave entitlements including Gratis Leave, Wellness Leave, and Parental Leave
• Optional monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Flexible work arrangements areavailable for maintaining your work-life balance
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS -providingholistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family

What you will bring to the role

• Willingness to identify or be identified by others as a professional with lived experience of recovery
• Willingness to share and draw on lived experience purposefully in the role to instil confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery
• Relevant lived experience of mental health challenges, distress, trauma, and/or injustice, and journey of wellbeing/healing, and ability to apply learnings from this in practice and leadership.
• Intentional Peer Support core training, Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work, Hearing Voices training or similar and/or experience working in a relevant setting.
• Understanding of Lived Experience (Peer) principles and the Consumer/Carer movements.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities and the ability to motivate and empower team members.
• Previous experience in a designated Lived Experience role.
• Strong capacity to engage effectively when working with discomfort, distress and people experiencing crisis.
• Ability to self-reflect, take on feedback to grow practice skills and engage in personal and professional development.
• Ability to establish professional relationships that have clear boundaries with consumers, staff and partner organisations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills plus computer literacy.
• A valid Working with Children Check
• Previous experience in a designated Lived Experience leadership role.
• Hold a current First Aid Certificate

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check
• A valid driver’s licence

Applications Close: 16 November 2026

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.

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