Peer Specialist

3 days ago

Greater Adelaide SA, Australia SA Health Full time $58,709 - $63,514 per year

Job no: 912493

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Southern

Categories: Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Mental Health, Public Health, Support Services

  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Hospital - Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit
  • Salary $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. (Pro Rata) OPS2 | Multiple Opportunities available, Apply Now

Join our Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit Team and make a real difference as a Peer Specialist

Peer work is a key component of recovery-oriented mental health service delivery. Peer Specialists draw on their own life-changing mental health challenges, service use, and journey of recovery and healing, to support others through a supportive non-clinical relationship based on equity, credibility, mutuality, hope, and empowerment. This role involves assisting with communication flow between consumers and the multidisciplinary team to promote consumer engagement within a person-centreed, recovery-oriented, human rights-based approach

Click here to view more information about the Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit

About the role:

Duties for the role will include:

  • Drawing from your personal lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery to role-model recovery and act as a recovery champion.
  • Forming authentic peer relationships with consumers by appropriately and purposefully sharing your personal lived experience and understanding of the impact of mental health challenges, service use, and recovery.
  • Working to identify and reduce stigma and discrimination.
  • Supporting the development of consumer skills in self-management, wellness, and safety planning.
  • Assisting consumers to connect with community networks, groups, and services.

About you:

  • Lived experience of mental health challenges, service use and recovery
  • Skills in building connected and authentic trusting relationships with consumers.
  • Advocacy and partnership-building skills to apply in a clinical mental health environment.
  • The ability to support consumers as they navigate mental health and other services

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work – or currently enrolled in the Cert IV and due to complete within 12 months will be highly regarded.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: The SALHN Recruitment Team on

Application Closing Date:11.55 pm Sunday 31st August 2025

Attachments:

  • Peer Specialist Role Description
  • Australian applicant guidelines
  • International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

  • We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
  • The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
  • Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
  • SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 912493

Advertised: 15 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 31 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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