Senior Peer Worker MHPARC

Far West NSW Local Health District; Broken Hill; Presencial; AUD 123.000 - 133.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

5 weeks annual leave

12 paid ADOs a year

Salary packaging

Remote Area Housing Assistance

Novated leasing

Fitness Passport

Advanced education & training support

Descripción de la vacante

Far West Local Health District (FWLHD) Mental Health Services seeks a Senior Peer Worker to strengthen the Peer Workforce. You will support Consumers in recovery, mentor peers, and contribute to service planning and evaluation across inpatient and community settings.

You’ll work under the Recovery Centre Manager, providing guidance, coaching and advocacy to peers while ensuring high-quality peer support across the district. A relevant degree is required for graduate level payment.

Formación

• Experience in peer work at senior level or leadership role in similar position.
• Ability to use lived experience to support mental health recovery.
• Strong coaching and staff development skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide peer support and advocacy across inpatient and community settings.
• Assist with supervision and development of the Peer Services team.
• Support planning, development and evaluation of Peer Services and the broader Mental Health Service.

Conocimientos

Peer leadership

Recovery support

Supervision experience

Communication skills

Educación

Degree in a relevant field

Descripción del empleo

Far West NSW Local Health District – Broken Hill NSW

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This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata’d to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.

This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification/Reumeration: Health Education Non Grad $67,584-$97,733 / Health Education Officer Graduate $77,299-$123,504, Senior Health Education Officer $123,490-$133,399 + Super (Dependent on Qualifications and Experience)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ707517
Location: Broken Hill

• Great opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference.


• Fantastic lifestyle, great food/cafes, art, music, sport and festivals.


• Only 3 hours from Mildura and 5 hours from Adelaide or hop on a plane with a short flight from anywhere in Australia.

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look on Living and Working in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

Far West Local Health District (FWLHD) Mental Health Services are committed to building a professional Peer Workforce that supports Consumers living with mental illness and distress in their recovery journey. The Mental Health Peer Workforce in FWLHD is comprised of employees who have the lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery, as well as additional life and work skills they bring to the role.

The Peer Workforce is seen as vital in the support and guidance they positively offer to Consumers and the Mental Health Service. This is achieved by being an effective support person and role model who can offer new insights and hope in the practical meaning of personal recovery.

The Senior Peer Worker position is a senior role within the FWLHD Peer Services team and wider Peer Workforce. The Senior Peer Worker will assist with the Peer Supervision and Support of Peer Workers in carrying out their role, as delegated by the Recovery Centre Manager. The Senior Peer Worker will contribute to and assist the Recovery Centre Manager with tasks related to the overall planning, development and evaluation of FWLHD Peer Services, Peer Workforce and Mental Health Services. This position will work across the wider FWLHD area. The Senior Peer Worker will report to the Recovery Centre Manager.

The Senior Peer Worker - Peer Services will work across FWLHD to provide Peer Support and Advocacy to Consumers in both the Inpatient setting (which includes the Acute and Rehabilitation settings) and the Community Mental Health Services, as delegated. This at times maybe in a relief capacity for coverage of a Peer Worker who is away on annual leave or substantive leave.

What is on offer

• 5 weeks annual leave every year (pro rata)


• 12 paid ADO's a year


• Salary packaging (pay less tax!) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses +$2.6k for meals and entertainment


• Novated leasing


• Isolation & climate allowance


• Remote Area Housing Assistance Benefits


• Fitness Passport


• Support through advanced education & training


• A comfortable and affordable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton (Buronga), Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

About Broken Hill

Often referred to as an “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

Stepping Up

The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:

https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

Application Deadline

Applications Close: 23/11/2026

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in peer work at a senior level and/or a leadership role in similar position. Minimum of 3 years of experience as a peer worker. A degree in a relevant field is required for payment at a Graduate level.


• Personal experience as a consumer of mental health services and ability to use your own lived and living experience to support others in their own mental health recovery journey. Demonstrated ability to promote recovery from the consumer perspective


• Demonstrated experience in determining priorities, strategies, developing policy and leading peer support and consumer advocacy activities and programs.


• Demonstrated experience in effectively supervising, coaching and developing staff.


• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team to build relationships with experience providing support and guidance to peer workers.


• Demonstrated effective negotiation, time management, written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across community and inpatient settings. Flexibility in working hours would be advantageous.


• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer work or willing to complete within 12 months after starting.


• Have a current and valid Australian Drivers Licence and be able to work across different locations in FWLHD.

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at https://www.nsw.au/welcomeexperience

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