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Peer Worker

Goulburn, New South Wales💼 Full-time💰 $41–$41🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-24

Core

Provide rapid, practical psychosocial support to people experiencing suicidal crisis or who have attempted suicide using lived experience and non-clinical strategies.

Role type

Peer Worker (Recovery and Lived Expertise framework)

Builds

Community-based support activities, safety planning, and care planning for individuals in crisis

Domain

Mental health / Suicide prevention / Social services

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Lived experience of suicidal crisis or caring for someone experiencing it, coaching and support delivery, safety planning, care planning, community resource connection, case documentation, stakeholder collaboration

Preferred skills

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work Support, First Aid and CPR certification, valid Driver's Licence

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Provide individualised coaching and support to achieve recovery goals, respond to referrals and assess suitability, support consumer intakes and maintain documentation, deliver outreach and in-reach support, promote family involvement in safety planning, support transition to independence, connect consumers with community resources, complete administrative tasks and reports

Seniority

Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on support role

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