Peer Worker

1 week ago

Wagga Wagga New South Wales, Australia Grand Pacific Health Full time $60,000 - $80,000 per year

About Us
Grand Pacific Health (GPH) is a for-purpose community-based organisation. GPH provides high quality health services to assist people in the management of their physical and mental health. GPH's mission is to provide equitable heath care with an emphasis on helping vulnerable and at risk of disadvantage populations as well as regional communities.

GPH employs over 400 staff including many qualified health and other professionals including peer workers and community workers. GPH operations cover a large regional geographical footprint in NSW and ACT.

About The Position
The Wagga Wagga Medicare Mental Health Centre is looking for an experienced Peer Worker.

Peer Workers work within the Grand Pacific Health (GPH) mental health teams to provide open and effective support to people accessing or considering connection to GPH mental health services. As a Peer Worker, your own lived experience of life changing mental health challenges, mental health service use, as well as periods of healing and personal recovery will be critical to support people accessing the program with their own lived experience of the same.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity with the option for a Rostered Day Off each month, based in Wagga Wagga.

The service will operate seven days a week and candidates should be flexible and available to work on a rostered basis, including on weekends and outside of normal business hours, as needed.

We Are Looking For Someone With

  • Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or commencement or a willingness to work towards qualification within first 6 months of employment).
  • Direct lived experience of life changing mental health challenges, mental health service use, as well as periods of healing and personal recovery.
  • Commitment to safely and purposely share lived experience to engender hope and support others on their personal recovery journey.
  • Thorough understanding of the importance of personal and professional boundaries, ethical behaviour, policies, and procedures

Why join GPH?

  • Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities
  • Regular supervision and support
  • Increase your take home pay with salary packaging of up to $15,900 in living expenses and an additional benefit of up to $2,650 in meals and entertainment
  • We make a positive difference to the lives of those we support
  • Enjoy discounts across a wide range of brands and services with access to Blue Light Card Australia

Interested?
Visit our website to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the 'apply' button to submit your application.

Please ensure that your application addresses the selection criteria detailed in the position description, or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process.

For more information please contact: Laura Fletcher, Service Manager - or
Applications close: 6th July 2025

  • Please note that short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, multicultural communities and people with a disability.

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