Safe Haven Peer Worker: Lived-Experience Recovery Guide

NSW Health; Tamworth; On-site; AUD 54,000 - 86,000; Part time

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Job summary

NSW Health's Tamworth Safe Haven seeks a compassionate Safe Haven Peer Worker to draw on lived experience of suicide to provide authentic, person‑centred support in a non‑clinical setting. You will foster connection, offer hope and help individuals explore recovery pathways while linking to services addressing underlying wellbeing challenges.

You will deliver peer support, safety planning, recovery and wellness planning, advocacy and follow‑up, and work with Community Mental Health teams to

Qualifications

• Draw on lived experience of suicide to provide compassionate, person-centred support.
• Desire to work in a non-clinical environment and build authentic connections.
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work within 18 months of commencing, including CHCCCS003.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored psychosocial assistance, safety planning, and recovery planning.
• Offer individual and group peer support and advocacy, with follow-up.
• Identify community resources and coordinate connections to ongoing care.
• Collaborate with Community Mental Health teams and The Way Back Service.

Skills

Lived experience

Peer work

Job description

NSW Health's Tamworth Safe Haven seeks a compassionate Safe Haven Peer Worker to draw on lived experience of suicide to provide authentic, person‑centred support in a non‑clinical setting. You will foster connection, offer hope and help individuals explore recovery pathways while linking to services addressing underlying wellbeing challenges.

You will deliver peer support, safety planning, recovery and wellness planning, advocacy and follow‑up, and work with Community Mental Health teams to