Peer Carer Support Facilitator Ipswich
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PEER CARER SUPPORT FACILITATOR
FIXED TERM FULL-TIME
IPSWICH
Your Next Role!As a Peer Carer Support Facilitator youll draw on your lived experience to walk alongside carers family members and friends supporting someone through suicidal crisis or after a suicide attempt. This is an outreach-based role grounded in connection empathy and trust where relationships are central to everything you do. The role is full-time and reflects a strong commitment to balance sustainability and wellbeing in peer work.
Your day may include:
- Offering one-on-one peer support through compassionate listening and shared lived experience
- Facilitating or co-facilitating group sessions that foster safety connection and understanding
- Supporting carers to navigate mental health services community supports and practical resources
- Advocating alongside carers to ensure their voices are heard and valued
- Working collaboratively with your team and partner organisations to provide coordinated support
- Maintaining clear and timely records using mobile and office-based systems
- Participating in team meetings reflection and debriefing within a supportive values-led environment
- Relevant qualifications (such as a Certificate lV in Mental Health Peer Work) or commensurate experience working in a support role for people with mental health conditions.
- Lived experience of supporting someone who is or had a suicidal crisis and/or a suicide attempt.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to listen with empathy respect and compassion
- Confidence supporting people one-on-one and where required in group settings
- Knowledge of local mental health suicide prevention and community support services (or a willingness to build this knowledge)
- The ability to maintain boundaries confidentiality and accurate records
- A collaborative flexible approach and a genuine belief in recovery-oriented peer-led practice
Why RFQ
At RFQ we are committed to providing a supportive collaborative and empowering environment where everyone can thrive by joining us you will:
- Be part of a program that values lived experience personal growth empowerment and lifelong learning.
- Have access to competitive hourly rates: $44.58-$47.97 per hour depending on experience plus applicable penalty rates.
- Salary packaging benefits enhance your take home pay with salary packaging of up to $15900 on general living expenses and additionally up to $2650 annual entertainment benefits. This includes access to novated leasing. Explore your cost-of-living savingsHERE!
- Opportunities for a wide range of career and professional development.
Apply Now!
If you are ready to be part of something exciting together with your resume submit your application below.
Further information about the role can be obtained by contacting the UA Program Manager Sonia Thompson on or viewing our Position Description.
Please note that RFQ is an organisation that embraces diversity.
The position will be subject to a Criminal History Check which will be in the form of an NDIS Worker Screening Clearance. For further information please visit:
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Communication skills
- Classroom Experience
- Data Collection
- Adult Education
- Meeting Facilitation
- Calculus
- LMS
- Teaching
- Training & Development
- Exercise Planning
- Remedy
