Senior Peer Support Worker Gambling Help Service
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Posted on:
06-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Ongoing Part Time Position (2-3 days per week)
- $77527.00pa pro rata Super Salary Packaging* (toincreaseyour take home pay)
- Located in Adelaide
About RASA
Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA) is a not-for-profit secular community organisation helping people to overcome difficulties and bring about positive change in their lives. We offer services for families couples and individuals of all ages backgrounds and abilities. To find out more about RASA go to .
Who we are looking for
The Senior Peer Support Worker works part of RASAs Gambling Help Service to provide one-to-one peer support to individuals affected by their own or someone elses gambling by sharing their own lived experience in ways that assist the person to determine their own next steps engage or maintain engagement with help services and inspire hope of recovery.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Certificate IV (AQF level 4) in Mental Health Peer Work or willingness to work towards
- Lived experience of and recovery from gambling harm mental health or alcohol and other drug use.
It would be a bonus if you have:
- Tertiary qualifications (AQF level 7) in Social Work Psychology Counselling or other relevant field
- Experience as a speaker in RASAs Consumer Voice Program/LEIGH Program
- Lived experience in gambling harm
What you will be doing
- Provide high quality and appropriate peer mentoring and supervision to other GHS Peer support workers.
- Manage a caseload of clients providing evidenced based one-to-one peer support to individuals affected by their own or someone elses gambling.
- In conjunction with the Practice Manager GHS develop and review practice guidelines for Peer Support work.
- Support the development and engagement of new initiatives including outreach work in the community (e.g. prisons).
- Operate as a collaborative member of the Gambling Help Service team.
- Ensure that peer support and personal contributions are delivered in line with RASAs expectations and model ethical behaviour consistent with RASAs values ethics and shared behaviours.
For more information you can read the full Position Description.
If this role is what you are looking for wed love to hear from you.
Enquiries: Any enquiries can be addressed to Tracey Nye on .
*How Salary Packaging can increase your take home pay
Salary packing is an entitlement granted by the Federal Government to workers in approvednon-government and health organisations. Salary Packaging can increase your take home salary by creating tax free effect$15899of your wage can be paid tax free in each fringe benefit tax year. This tax free amount is inadditionto the tax-free threshold of$18200for income.
Follow the link to theSalary Packaging information provided by AccessPay our chosen providertofind out more.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Nursing Home Experience
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Direct Support
- Computer Operation
- Caregiving
- Case Management
- Special Needs
- Training & Development
- Child Protective Services
- Experience with Children
- Word Processing
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
Australia’s leading non-profit offering free and low-cost relationship counselling, family dispute resolution, domestic violence support services and more.
