Peer Worker (Coaching and Linking)

Stride; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Meals & entertainment allowance

Leave loading 17.5%

Stride Rewards

Wellbeing day

Additional leave options

Paid parental leave

Training & career development

Job summary

Stride, based in South Adelaide, is hiring a part-time Mental Health Peer Worker (0.8 FTE) for the Adelaide Mental Health Multidisciplinary Service. The role emphasises recovery-oriented, person-centred support within a GP-integrated model, with specialist input from partner health services.

A commitment to trauma-informed, culturally safe practice is essential. You will work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team, bringing lived experience to engage, coach and connect clients with

Qualifications

• Lived experience of mental health recovery is essential.
• Excellent listening and communication skills with empathy.
• Ability to stay calm and respond sensitively to people in distress.

Responsibilities

• Use your lived experience of mental health recovery to connect with consumers and provide support in a recovery-oriented, person-centred and strengths-based way.
• Provide lived experience-based engagement, coaching, advocacy and support to connect people with natural, community and service supports as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Lived experience

Communication skills

Empathy

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work

Job description

About us:

We are leaders in mental health service delivery, specialising in working with adults and young people, and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition – it’s a name that’s purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

As we embark on our next stage, join us to make a difference. We're here to Stride.

About the service:

The Adelaide Mental Health Multidisciplinary Service (MHMS) is a GP-integrated multidisciplinary service delivered across participating general practices in southern Adelaide for people of all ages experiencing complex mental health conditions and/or suicide distress. Stride is the commissioned service provider, with specialist input from Thorne Harbour Health and Clarity Health Care.

On offer:

• Based in South Adelaide
• Part time (0.8 FTE), permanent role
• Paying on SCHADS Award Level 3 plus Super
• Salary Packaging options (up to $15,899 tax free!)
• Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2,650!
• Leave loading at 17.5%
• Stride Rewards – access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion, food and fitness)
• One paid wellbeing leave day per year
• Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12 month period (pro rata entitlement if part-time)
• Paid parental leave support
• Supportive team environment
• Excellent training and career development

Role overview:

Work within the Adelaide Mental Health Multidisciplinary Service (MHMS) Program, a GP-integrated multidisciplinary service delivered across participating general practices in southern Adelaide for people of all ages experiencing complex mental health conditions and/or suicide distress. Stride is the commissioned service provider, with specialist input from Thorne Harbour Health and Clarity Health Care.

• Use your lived experience of mental health recovery to connect with consumers and provide support in a recovery-oriented, person-centred and strengths-based way.
• Provide lived experience-based engagement, coaching, advocacy and support to connect people with natural, community and service supports as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Requirements:

• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, or willingness to complete it within an agreed timeframe.
• Completion of safe storytelling training (or willingness to complete).
• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery, and a proactive approach to managing your own wellbeing.
• Experience supporting people with mental health challenges.
• Ability to stay calm and respond sensitively to people in distress.
• Effective listening and communication skills, and empathy.
• Good problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-employer team.
• Basic computer skills, including record keeping, case notes and data entry.
• Commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed and culturally safe practice, including with LGBTIQA+ communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a WWCC
• Must hold/be willing to apply for NDIS worker screening clearance
• Current driver's license

Stride is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Stride must undergo required screening processes prior to their successful appointment.

Stride is an inclusive workplace and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds in order to enhance the depth of cultural diversity and insight within our workforce.

This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental healthrecovery,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.

Applications will be viewed and actioned upon receipt, with a final closing date of 11 November 2026