Lead Consumer Peer Support Worker

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Northern Health Australia Full time

About Northern Health:


As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home.

Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be

The Role:

NWAMHS Hume Community Team is searching for a suitably experienced Lead Consumer Peer Support Worker to join our team.


The Hume Community team is a large, supportive and dynamic team made up of staff that are truly passionate and motivated in supporting consumers and their families/carers.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist mental health services to people who reside in the local government areas of Moreland and Hume.


The Lead Consumer Peer Support Worker provides guidance, orientation and mentoring of other Peer Workers within the team and potentially the wider service.

The Lead Consumer Peer Worker supports the development of Peer Led initiatives.

The Lead Consumer Peer Support Worker will also work with consumers of the Hume Community Team with the objective of supporting consumers to establish /re-establish themselves in a community environment, including helping them access the range of community supports they need; maximising recovery and resilience for our consumers

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Been or are a first-hand user of mental health services
  • Experience as Consumer Peer Support Worker
  • A desire to lead and support others
  • Ability to contribute of your unique range of personal skills and knowledge to the consumer group at the 5 Ways cafe, during groups and activities/appointments held during usual operating hours;
  • A desire to connect, nurture and support the journey of other consumers
  • Formal qualifications with relevance to Consumer Peer Work are desirable but not essential

Next Steps...
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the
'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or contact: Tanya Goodison, Program Manager, or one of our team leaders on

Applications close 25 April 2023.

Why work at the Northern Health?
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

  • Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program
  • Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
  • An inclusive and culturally safe space
  • State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
  • A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
  • Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library
For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

  • Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged._
  • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid19._

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