Aboriginal Peer Support Worker, Suicide Prevention Outreach Team
1 week ago
**Make a new start in your career and life. Join a welcoming, supportive healthcare community, with professional development opportunities + more**
**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time (up to 22 weeks)
**Position Classification**: Health Education Officer Non Grad
**Remuneration**: $62,486.00 - $90,360.00 per annum, pro rata
**Hours Per Week**: 32
**Requisition ID**: REQ603005
Applicants must be of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander descent. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised by section 14(d) of the Anti
- Discrimination Act 1977.
**About the role**
The Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT) is a NSW Health initiative that aims to reduce deaths by suicide and suicide attempts. The Aboriginal Peer Worker will work in a team to provide holistic recovery oriented, trauma informed and evidence based rapid crisis support to people experiencing suicidality. This may include crisis response with internal or external agencies.
Peer Support Workers are integral members of the team and draw on their lived experience of recovery from suicidality to provide authentic engagement and support and instil confidence and hope in others about the journey of recovery.
The Aboriginal Peer Support Worker will provide holistic non clinical support with a cultural focus to people experiencing suicidality, and engage with the local Aboriginal community, leaders, people with lived experience and Aboriginal support services to achieve better access to health services and better outcomes for Aboriginal people at risk of suicide.
**About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)**
We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.
If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.
**You care. We care.** Learn more about NNSWLHD here.
**Relocating to the region?**
The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
**Join our team and you’ll enjoy**:
- Salary packaging and novated leasing - increase your take-home pay
- Fitness discounts - focus on your health and wellbeing
- Growth - access to professional and personal development
- Team culture - work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce
**Need more information?**
1) Click here for the Position Description
Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day
**Applications Close: 11 September 2025**
NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.
Applicants must be of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander descent. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised by section 14(d) of the Anti
- Discrimination Act 1977.
This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions
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