Cclhd - Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Peer Worker

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time till August 2026
**Position Classification**:Health Education Officer (Grad & Non Grad)
**Remuneration**: $1,197.54 - $2,188.38 Per Week
**Hours Per Week**:38
**Location**: Wyong
**Requisition ID**: REQ598754
**Applications Close**: Sunday, 28 September 2025 at 11.59pm

**This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criteria.**

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.

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 Opportunity**

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 will 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 are 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

**Additional Benefits**
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Work-life balance**: Enjoy an accrued day off each month, 17.5% annual leave loading, and paid parental leave.
- ** Financial benefits**: Boost your take-home pay with salary packaging, save on car costs with novated leasing, and access relocation assistance.
- ** Health & wellbeing**:Stay active with discounted gym memberships (Fitness Passport), free flu vaccinations, telehealth support, and confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counselling for you and your family. Plus, access discounted private health insurance.
- ** Professional development**: Advance your career with free professional development courses and secondment opportunities.
- ** Cultural Supp