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Lived Experience Peer Worker –
2 weeks ago
Your story can make a difference.
At Youturn, we believe in the power of lived experience to bring comfort, hope and genuine connection. As a Lived Experience Peer Worker with the StandBy Support After Suicide program– Australia's leading suicide postvention service; your unique personal insights and empathetic presence will offer vital support to individuals, families, and communities navigating the complex journey of suicide bereavement.
About the Role
As a Lived Experience Peer Worker, you will provide compassionate, person-centred support to people who have been bereaved or impacted by suicide. By drawing on your own lived experience, you'll offer practical assistance, emotional support, and referrals, helping others feel understood and less alone.
You'll build purposeful and authentic connections that reflect trauma-informed, peer-led principles. This may include one-on-one sessions, co-facilitated group work, and community engagement activities across the region.
This role requires flexibility, empathy, and an unwavering commitment to creating safe, inclusive, and hopeful spaces for people navigating complex grief.
What You'll Do
- Provide one-on-one peer support using your own lived experience of suicide bereavement
- Develop tailored peer support plans in collaboration with those you support
- Communicate the lived experience perspective on suicide grief and trauma
- Model resilience and strength while honouring each person's unique journey
- Co-facilitate group support sessions and community debriefs
- Refer to appropriate services and resources in collaboration with the broader StandBy team
- Maintain confidential, trauma-informed records
- Support feedback collection, evaluation, and reporting requirements
- Participate in supervision, reflective practice, and self-care planning
- Travel within your PHN region as needed; some out-of-hours work may be required
Essential Experience and Requirements (Repeated because it truly matters)
- Lived experience of suicide bereavement is essential. You will need to demonstrate how this experience has shaped your understanding, contributed to your personal growth, and how you can now use it to support others.
- Experience in providing support to others—professionally, as a volunteer, or informally—is highly regarded.
- Strong understanding of suicide bereavement, grief, and trauma in both personal and broader community contexts
- Ability to engage safely and empathetically with people in crisis or distress
- High level of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and capacity for reflective practice
- Willingness to work within peer values and trauma-informed principles
Desirable Qualifications and Training
- Intentional Peer Support, Roses in the Ocean, Our Voice in Action, Voices of Insight
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) – can be supported upon appointment
Additional Requirements
- Current C-Class Driver Licence
- Working with Children Check (or eligibility to obtain)
- Must reside in one of the following regions: North Sydney, Western Sydney, Central & Eastern Sydney, or South-Western Sydney
- Willingness to travel across your region
Why Join Youturn & StandBy?
At Youturn, we walk beside people during life's most difficult moments. As part of StandBy, you'll be supported by a team who values your story, your growth, and your wellbeing. We offer:
- A trauma-informed, inclusive and flexible workplace
- Extensive training and professional development
- Clinical and peer supervision
- Purpose-driven work that changes lives
Benefits for Youturn Team Members
- We offer a generous remuneration package with benefits designed to support your career and lifestyle goals.
- Enjoy 12% superannuation plus access to generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus $2,650 meal entertainment benefits, to further maximise your take-home pay, offering you even greater advantages such as partial exemptions for Remote Area Benefits, Relocation Expenses and Car Parking (if eligible).
- Flexibility: Enjoy work-life balance with flexibility for negotiating start/finish times, tailoring your career to your lifestyle
- Paid Parental Leave: Unlock 12 weeks of paid parental leave benefits after just one year of dedicated service.
- Annual Leave Loading: Receive additional pay with annual leave loading.
For everyone who shares our passion
Please advise if you have been referred to this position by a current employee of Youturn.
Youturn encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, candidates from culturally diverse backgrounds, and those with lived experience.
We are committed to ensuring a safe, inclusive and respectful recruitment process, and if we can support you with any adjustments to help you fully participate, please let us know in your application or contact us at:
Apply now by submitting your resume and cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience align with this role— and how you can be a powerful part of someone's healing journey.
