Lived Experience Worker

1 day ago

Mount Druitt, Australia Uniting Full time

Location: headspace Mount Druitt (with potential to work across Parramatta or Penrith)
- Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time (3 days per week)
- Pay Rate: $32.87 per hour + Super + Generous salary packaging up to $18,550, plus access to rewards and wellbeing programs

The Role
As a Lived Experience Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting young people through a non-clinical, peer-based approach. Drawing from your own lived experience, you will provide hope, guidance, and encouragement in both one-on-one and group settings. Your focus will be on advocacy, engagement, and supporting recovery in a youth-friendly and inclusive environment.
What You'll Bring
- Personal lived experience of mental health recovery and engagement in an Early Psychosis service.
- Drivers Licence (desirable)
- Comprehensive understanding of the recovery process and ability to appropriately communicate a lived experience
- Demonstrated ability to establish relationships and maintain appropriate boundaries with consumers
- Working towards Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or a willingness to obtain ( Placement can be done with Uniting, supervised by Team Leader)

About You
- To be considered for this position you must have been in the headspace Early Psychosis program or an equivalent program that you have now exited or been discharged from for a minimum of 4 weeks.
- Eligibility is limited to individuals aged 18 to 30 years
- To be eligible for the role you will need to address the above criteria in your cover letter.

Benefits & culture
As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.
- Salary packaging entitlements, company rewards
- Ongoing training & development, including cultural awareness training
- Career progression & development opportunities
- Fitness Passport, U Rewards and other great employee benefits
- Near to public transport (Train station / Bus stops)

Please upload a copy of your updated resume
- For questions, contact:
**About Uniting**: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

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