Peer Support Worker: Mental Health Recovery & Empowerment

NSW Health; Dubbo; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health in Dubbo, NSW is seeking a Peer Support Worker to provide recovery-focused support to people experiencing mental health challenges. You will use your lived experience of recovery to empower clients to participate actively in their care and engage with available services and pathways.

Join a multidisciplinary team and help individuals build confidence, improve wellbeing, and achieve personal recovery goals within a respectful, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Lived experience of mental health recovery essential.
• Ability to support individuals and groups in recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group-based recovery support.
• Help consumers build confidence and strengthen wellbeing.
• Engage consumers in their treatment and recovery journey.
• Share information about rights, services and pathways through the mental health system.
• Foster hope, connection and self-determination.

Skills

Lived experience

Job description

NSW Health in Dubbo, NSW is seeking a Peer Support Worker to provide recovery-focused support to people experiencing mental health challenges. You will use your lived experience of recovery to empower clients to participate actively in their care and engage with available services and pathways.

Join a multidisciplinary team and help individuals build confidence, improve wellbeing, and achieve personal recovery goals within a respectful, supportive environment.