Youth Peer Worker

• Provide support to young people
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
• Part-time (38 hours per fortnight), Maximum term position until April 2026, based in Horsham

Headspace Horsham provides early intervention mental health services to young people aged 12 to 25.

As a Youth Peer worker at headspace Horsham you will support young people in their recovery through a community services approach by using your life experience, experience of mental health and wellbeing challenges. This may include sharing parts of your lived experience of help-seeking and recovery when supporting young people and when engaging with communities.

In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.

Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks. 

10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning

You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• Practical knowledge of issues faced by young people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges and their families.
• Ability to use lived experience of mental health and wellbeing difficulties and recovery to provide support to others and engender hope.
• An ability to balance personal and professional boundaries.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise and manage multiple and competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a diverse range of people.

Click APPLY to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Trina Gloury – Team Leader, Centre Operations at ************@vt.uniting.org

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.