Peer Specialist

3 days ago

Adelaide Metro Southern Metropolitan South Australia SA Health Full time $58,709 - $63,154 per year

  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Margaret Tobin Centre
  • Salary $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. (Pro Rata) OPS2 | Ongoing Permanent 

Join our Mental Health Team as a Peer Specialist

Are you passionate about using your lived experience of mental health recovery to make a difference? The Margaret Tobin Centre is seeking a Peer Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team and help support consumers on their recovery journeys.

As a Peer Specialist, you'll draw on your own experiences of mental health challenges, service use, and recovery to offer hope, understanding, and empowerment through genuine, non-clinical relationships. You'll work alongside clinicians to:

  • Support consumers in developing self-management, wellness and safety planning skills.
  • Promote recovery-oriented, person-centred, and trauma-informed approaches within the team
  • Enhance communication and collaboration between consumers and staff to improve treatment outcomes.

About you:

  • Proven ability to build authentic, trusting relationships with consumers and to advocate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and clinical environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to purposefully use personal lived experience of mental health challenges, service use, and recovery to support others' recovery, self-determination, and goal setting.
  • Sound understanding of peer work values and principles, and approaches that are person-centred, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, human rights-based, and focused on self-determination.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers, and community services to enhance engagement, inclusion, and connection with social, recreational, and support networks.
  • Certificate 4 in Mental health Peer work or willingness to work towards is desired

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: SALHN Talent Acquisition team on 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 27th November 2025

Attachments:

  • 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: 921136

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