StandBy Lived Experience Peer Worker
Core
Provide compassionate, person-centred peer support to individuals, families, and communities bereaved or impacted by suicide using personal lived experience of suicide loss.
Role type
Lived Experience Peer Worker (Suicide Postvention)
Builds
Coordinated evidence-based support and resources for suicide bereavement
Domain
Mental health / Suicide postvention / Community support
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Lived experience of suicide bereavement, trauma-informed principles, crisis engagement, emotional intelligence, reflective practice, group facilitation, resource referral
Preferred skills
Intentional Peer Support training, Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, ASIST training
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Provide one-on-one peer support, co-facilitate group support sessions, refer to appropriate services, maintain confidential records, travel within PHN region
Seniority
Entry-level / Volunteer-to-Professional transition