Peer Worker
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Job Location:
Surry Hills - Australia
Hourly Salary:
$ 38 - 41
Posted on:
09-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Workerto join our established teams in the Sydney area!
The position available is:
- Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)
- WorkingMonday to Friday
- Based in Surry Hills
- Attractive hourly ratesequivalentto$38.65-$41.45/hour Super Tax-Free Salary Packaging
About the Opportunity
As aPeer Workerwith Flourish Australia your own life experience of a mental health issue and personal recovery will provide a distinct advantage as you mentor and support people with lived experience of a mental health issue. You will be required to use this lived experience openly appropriately and effectively to build professional relationships with the people you support that also have a lived experience of a mental health issue.
On a day to day basis you will:
- Effectively and appropriately hold crucial conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them support them and build reciprocity via mutual understanding trust and shared experience
- Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths ability and possibility focused whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
- Support the person to make links to the community that meet their recovery wants and needs.
- Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
- Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning information training and education.
- Listen to and support people to create opportunities and activities that meet their interests and goals.
Flourish Australia is proud to have built one of Australias largest peer workforces a proven strengths-based approach to mental health recovery. Peer work is a cornerstone of our services with more than half of our workforce having had a lived experience of a mental health issue. By applying personal experience in mental health peer workers can empathise support and inspire people in finding their own path to recovery.
For more information about what it means to be aPeer Workerwith Flourish Australia please review thePosition Descriptionand the following document onAn Introduction to Peer Work at Flourish Australia.Who we are
Flourish Australia is one of Australias most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish believe in their futures and become contributing members of the community.
Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each persons experience will be different and their needs as an individual are unique. Together we set goals connect individuals with the right people support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
Our positions are opento all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health issues in our workforce.We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities LGBTQ communities and mature age candidates.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
- A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
- A strong commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
- A personal lived experience of a mental health issue and recovery.
- Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australias values.
- Understanding of and ability to effectively use Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
- Maintain a current Australian Drivers Licence.
Desirable:
- Willing to obtain a First Aid Certificate
For further information please contact James Austin Manager. E: (please do not email applications)
The Benefits
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:
- Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)
- Tax-free Salary Packagingavailable up to $15900
- Generous leave provisions including17.5% leave loading 2 additional days of personal leave extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year paid parental leave
- Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
- Opportunities for career progressionprofessional development and training such asMental Health First Aid and ASIST
- Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
- Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
- Exclusive personalFleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
- Employee discounts at 400 popular retailers (Woolworths Expedia Myer Kmart etc)
All appointments with Flourish Australias Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance a National Criminal History Check a WWCC previous employment reference checks satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks. All successful applicants will be required to declare any private or secondary employment prior to commencement in line with Flourish Australias Private or Secondary Employment Policy.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please complete all the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.
Interviews to be held on a rolling basis. Apply today!
Key Skills
- Load & Unload
- Shipping & Receiving
- Mac Os
- Forklift
- Freight Experience
- Lift Truck Experience
- Basic Math
- Tanker Experience
- Warehouse Experience
- Commercial Driving
- Driving
- Heavy Lifting
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