Consumer Peer Support Worker jobs

Your new role

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will provide peer support, facilitate groups, contribute to recovery planning and help ensure consumer perspectives remain central to service delivery.

As a Peer Recovery Support Worker, you will:
Share your lived experience to support consumers on their recovery journey
Assist consumers to identify strengths, set goals and develop recovery plans
Advocate for consumer perspectives and recovery-oriented practice
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to complement clinical services
Support service improvement initiatives and consumer engagement activities

About you

We are looking for someone who:
Has personal lived experience of mental illness and recovery
Is comfortable drawing on their lived experience to support and inspire others
Has a genuine passion for peer work and recovery-oriented practice
Demonstrates empathy, resilience and strong interpersonal skills
Can build positive relationships with consumers, carers, families and service providers
Maintains professional boundaries while fostering authentic connections
Has strong communication and computer skills

Experience in mental health services, community services or peer support roles will be highly regarded. A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or equivalent) is desirable.

Identified Role

This is an identified position under Section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld). Applicants must have personal lived experience of mental illness and recovery through the use of mental health services (public or private) and provide a statement addressing this requirement within their application. Only candidates who meet this requirement will be considered.

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What we can offer you

We recognise lived experience as a valuable form of expertise that strengthens services and improves outcomes for consumers. We offer:

Meaningful work that positively impacts people's lives
Professional development and peer workforce support
Access to supervision and ongoing learning opportunities
A collaborative and recovery-focused team culture
The opportunity to influence and improve mental health service delivery

Our values

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence guide everything we do and underpin our commitment to delivering exceptional care to our community.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.