Aboriginal Mental Health Peer Support Worker - Tweed & Grafton

Employment Type: 2 x Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Non Grad
Remuneration: $56,871.00 - $83,802.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38 - Tweed, 38 - Grafton
Requisition ID: REQ344943

NNSWLHD Aboriginal Mental Health is seeking Peer Support Workers for their Tweed & Grafton services to provide individual and group support to consumers and carers by working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient centred recovery. Developing supportive empathetic relationships with consumers based on Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues by empowering consumers with skills and strategies to aid their personal recovery.

Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identify as being Aboriginal and be accepted in the community as such

If you have:

• A recognised relevant minimum Certificate IV Qualification and work experience relevant to this position
• Personal experience of mental health issues and recovery, understanding issues faced by people with mental health issues and using recovery principles. Ability and willingness to share personal lived experience of mental health issues and recovery in a professional manner
• Knowledge of, and ability to plan, implement and evaluate group and individual peer led interventions or consultations
• ommunication skills and ability to build effective partnerships and work cooperatively with others, including service staff, consumers and mental health networks within a multidisciplinary team environment

We can offer you:

• Flexible and supportive work environment
• Diverse career pathways
• Professional and personal development
• Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce
• Challenging, inspiring and rewarding roles, and
• The opportunity to make a difference!

Northern NSW Local Health District embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably. For help with your application to this role visit , our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

• To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information please see
• You may be subject to a probationary period of three months from the date of appointment to this position.

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Applications Close: 23 December 2022