Family and Carer Peer Practitioner

- Utilise your learnings of family/carer lived or living experience of supporting people with mental health challenges
- Fixed term 12 month role | Part time 19 hours/week
- Traralgon Location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. Operating for more than 45 years and employing more than 1,300 staff around Australia, Mind is a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients and guide recovery.

About the role

The Sub-Acute short stay ‘step up, step down’ Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) service, delivered in partnership with Mind, Victorian hospital networks and the local health service, supports people with psychosocial disability to transition from an acute hospital setting or to prevent hospital admissions by providing extra support to those entering directly from the community. The Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) service is a residential program providing short term, intensive treatment up to 28 days to people aged between 16-21 years living with mental health. The service works within a recovery focused, clinical treatment framework in line with Mind’s Model of Recovery Oriented Practice and organisational values.

We are seeking a compassionate Family and Carer Peer Practitioner for a 12 month fixed term, part time (19 hours per week) opportunity in the Traralgon area. You will bring your learnings of family/carer lived or living experience of supporting people with mental health challenges and/or alcohol and drug challenges, to walk alongside service users.

Key responsibilities

- Demonstrate knowledge and abilities gained from both an individual's Family/Carer lived/living experiences, collective impacts, and Lived Expertise, and be able to support the development of these approaches across the reach of Mind’s work
- Support your team to understand and deliver services and approaches that are consistent with relational recovery-oriented practice from a peer/Lived Experience perspective.
- Engage with family members, carers or supporters to provide reassurance, information, practical and wellbeing supports, education (informed by relational recovery) and skills development.
- Aid in the development and implementation of group program and activities of daily living program.

What you’ll bring

- Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/ or Advanced Training, or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required.
- Tertiary qualifications in Mental Health, Peer Work, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) or other health related field as designated by Mind are also desirable but not required
- Ability to share aspects of your personal and familial story in an appropriate and purposeful manner to support, empower, speak about the times of hopelessness and the importance of hope, and support relational recovery and connection.
- Proven experience in using lived experience and Expertise in a dedicated Family/Carer Peer role strongly desirable

Benefits

- Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
- Option to access Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International,for you and your immediate family members.
- Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.

Interested?

To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 498656. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Tuesday 2 December 2025. Please contact the person below for more information.

Kerrie Ann Godfrey - Service Manager
KerrieAnn.Godfrey@mindaustralia.org.au

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at hr@mindaustralia.org.au

Position Description

PD Family and Carer Peer Practitioner (LaTrobe) 20250605 (2).pdf

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.

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