Cclhd - Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Peer Worker

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time - Contract end date - 30 June 2026
**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer
**Remuneration**: $1369.66 - $2188.38 per week
**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Location**:Central Coast
**Requisition ID**: REQ585066

**Applications Close**:Sunday 13 July 2025
**Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identify as being Aboriginal and be accepted in the community as such. An applicant’s race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the NSW**Anti Discrimination** Act 1977.**

At Central Coast Local Health District, our strategic vision is Trusted Care. Better Health for Everyone.
A key priority in achieving this vision is strengthening cultural safety and delivering more responsive care for Aboriginal people on the Central Coast.

This begins with you

We’re seeking a proud and passionate Aboriginal person with lived experience of suicide recovery to take on a vital and deeply meaningful role**:Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Peer Worker**.

Based at our CCLHD Safe Haven Services, this role is about more than individual support — it’s about walking alongside community, fostering healing through connection, culture, and compassion, and helping build a system where people feel heard, safe, and supported.

**About the Role**

As an Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Peer Worker, you will offer culturally grounded, trauma-informed, person-centred peer support to people experiencing suicidal distress. Drawing on your lived experience, cultural knowledge, and strong community connections, you’ll be a guide, a support, and a voice of hope for those navigating tough times.

This is more than a job — it’s a chance to use your story, strength and cultural values to create change and support recovery.

**Your responsibilities will include**
- Direct Peer Support: Provide one-on-one peer support to people at risk of suicide. Use your own lived experience to promote hope, social connection, and reduce isolation — always in a way that is safe, respectful, and empowering.
- Cultural Healing & Support: Weave cultural knowledge and practices into every interaction. Promote the importance of culture, identity, and connection to Country as critical elements of mental wellbeing and suicide recovery.
- Community Engagement: Actively involve Aboriginal community members in support processes, ensuring their voices, traditions, and perspectives are respected and reflected. Maintain strong local connections that guide culturally safe responses.
- Recovery-Oriented Practice: Support individuals using a recovery-focused, trauma-informed approach that empowers people to take control of their healing journey, honouring their strengths, cultural identity, and personal goals.
- Safe Storytelling: Share your experiences in a way that offers insight and connection, while ensuring emotional safety for both yourself and the person you're supporting.

**Why This Role Matters**

Your work will directly support CCLHD’s vision for Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing. You will:

- Be a cultural connector between services and community.
- Help ensure that care is culturally safe, person-led, and healing-focused.
- Contribute to truth-telling, respect, and reconciliation in how we respond to suicide in Aboriginal communities.
- Reduce shame, stigma and disconnection by walking beside people with strength and compassion

**For more information about this role, please view the**Position Description**

**About You**

You are a proud Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person with lived experience of suicide recovery and a deep understanding of the strength of culture, connection, and community.

**You’re someone who**:

- Brings cultural knowledge and wisdom, grounded in community and Country.
- Understands the importance of peer connection, especially in times of distress.
- Is ready to use their experience to inspire hope and healing in others.
- Can engage safely in difficult conversations with warmth, courage, and care.
- Believes deeply in culturally safe, strengths-based mental health care.
- Is willing to obtain a Cert IV in Mental Health Peer Work while employed in this role

**Applicants must have current work rights in Australia or be a permanent resident or citizen. Unfortunately, we cannot consider applicants who do not meet this requirement.**

**What You’ll Love About This Role**
- Be part of a growing Aboriginal Workforce that is leading change and creating safer spaces.
- See the impact of your work in real time — in lives, families and communities.
- Work in a team that respects and values your lived experience and cultural knowledge.
- Access wellbeing programs, flexible work options and ongoing development opportunities.
- Help build a system where Aboriginal people feel culturally respected, connected and cared for.

**Working With Us at CCLHD**

At Central Coast Local Health District, we’re committed to creating a