Lead Consumer Peer Support Worker

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

An exciting opportunity exists for a Lead Lived Experience Support Worker, who is passionate, highly motivated and has suitable experience.

We are seeking applications from suitable candidates to lead a small team of Lived Experience Worker at Broadmeadows and Craigieburn Community Hospital (Hume Community Mental Health)

About Northern Health:

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

About the Role:

You will mentor and support Peer Workers across our team and contribute to the development of peer-led programs.

This role works directly with consumers of the Hume and Craigieburn Community Team to support their recovery, enhance resilience, and empower them to reconnect with community life.

The position also plays a key role in strengthening staff and consumer understanding of the value and impact of the peer workforce within clinical mental health services.

This role requires you to lead a small group of Lived Experience Workers (Consumer Peer Support Workers) across two campuses, whilst predominantly being based in Broadmeadows.

This role is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of staff and service delivery to our client group across the Hume Local Government Area

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Passionate and creative leadership skills
• Lived experience in the mental health workplace
• Capacity to guide and inspire your team.
• Strong communication and listening skills, and empathy
• A deep understanding of the complexities of lived experience.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

If you have any questions, please phone Tanya Goodison, Program Manager on or refer to Position Description.

Applications close on 2 December 2025 at 11.59pm.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program

• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

• An inclusive and culturally safe space

• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'

• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.