Peer Navigator Case Worker
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Part Time (22.8 hrs per week) Fixed Term (until 30 June 2026)
- Use Your lived experience to support LGBTIQ MH recovery
- SCHADS Level 4 role salary packaging above award rates
Thorne Harbour Health is seeking a compassionate and community-connected Mental Health Peer Navigator / Case Worker to join our expanding Specialist Mental Health Service in Adelaide. If you have lived experience of mental health challenges and/or identify as part of an LGBTIQ community this is a powerful opportunity to walk alongside others on their journey offering support understanding and practical navigation through complex systems.
About the role
You will provide client-centred peer support education and informal counselling to LGBTIQ individuals aged 16 and up who may be navigating multiple barriers to mainstream mental health care.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team you will also:
Offer empathetic and purposeful peer engagement based on lived experience
Assist clients in developing care and recovery plans
Support access to services including GPs housing AOD or trauma support
Provide outreach attend appointments and help navigate complex systems
Help facilitate peer support groups information sessions and workshops
Collaborate closely with the wider therapeutic team in a trauma-informed inclusive framework
Whats on offer
In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 4 leave loading superannuation Thorne Harbour also pays above award. Youll also be able to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15900 in salary packaging benefits as well as accessing professional and career development.
About You
This role is ideal for someone with strong interpersonal skills compassion and resilience someone who knows the value of being heard and supported during tough times.
Were looking for someone with:
Lived experience of accessing mental health services and/or navigating life as an LGBTIQ person
A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work Community Services or similar
Willingness and capability to work with clients facing a range of mental health and psychosocial challenges
Commitment to recovery-based harm-reduction and trauma-informed care
An understanding of stigma discrimination and minority stress and a desire to be part of the solution
About us
Combining passion commitment and activism Thorne Harbour Health aims to improve the health and wellbeing of our LGBTQIA communities and of those living with or affected by HIV.
For a detailed position description including selection criteria visit our website:
For further enquiries please contact Sharna Ciotti Manager Therapeutic Services onor via email
Applicants from our LGBTQIA communities including those living with HIV those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities First Nations people and people with disability are encouraged to apply.
How to apply
Written applications addressing the selection criteria and including a resume and the names and contact details of three professional referees should be sent via job listing in Employment Hero.
Applications close: Wednesday 22 October 2025
Important: it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed applications will not be considered.
Thorne Harbour Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children police records and reference checks for all roles.
Required Experience:
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