Job Description
The Infant Child Youth Mental Health (ICYMHS) team is seeking a Senior Consumer Peer Worker to join our Lived & Living Experience Workforce. This position offers leadership responsibilities alongside direct community impact and is open to both Full-Time and Part-Time applicants.
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About the Role
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In this position, you will deliver practical, social, and emotional support to young consumers by sharing your own recovery and healing experiences. Your work will focus on role-modelling hope, fostering relationships built on mutual trust, and promoting self-determination and empowerment in every interaction.
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As a senior member of the team, you will also provide vital leadership and guidance to peer colleagues. You will act as a trusted point of advice for managing complex consumer needs, applying advanced problem-solving skills and professional judgment within relevant service frameworks.
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Key Requirements
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We are actively seeking candidates who possess:
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Lived Experience: Personal lived or living experience of mental ill health, psychological distress, alcohol and other drug (AOD) use or dependence, and/or suicidality.
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Peer Work Leadership: Demonstrated experience working as a Peer Worker within a mental health setting, including a background in providing mentoring, supervision, leadership, or practice development support to other lived experience staff.
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Formal Training: Completion of a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work and Core Intentional Peer Support Training.
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Purposeful Practice: A proven ability to intentionally utilise your lived experience to promote hope, recovery, and wellbeing for consumers.
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Employment Terms
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This opportunity is available on a flexible basis, with both full-time and part-time configurations considered to suit the right candidate.
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For further details, please refer to the Position Description or alternatively contact Caitlin McAlister at for a confidential discussion.
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AWH serves as the largest regional healthcare provider between Sydney and Melbourne, situated in the border cities of Albury and Wodonga.



With a dedicated team of over 3,000 professionals, we proudly service a population of up to 300,000 across North-East Victoria and Southern NSW. Our extensive network encompasses two primary hospital campuses and an additional 22 sites, delivering a diverse range of emergency, surgical, women's and children's, community, mental health, allied health, and sub-acute services. Our growth continues with the opening of a state-of-the-art Emergency Department in ****, and excitingly, the construction of a new hospital at our Albury site by ****. This expansion will greatly elevate our ability to service the needs of our community, and we need a great team of people like you to accomplish this.
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About the Role
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Closing Date:25/09/2026
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The Infant Child Youth Mental Health (ICYMHS) team is seeking a Senior Consumer Peer Worker to join our Lived & Living Experience Workforce. This position offers leadership responsibilities alongside direct community impact and is open to both Full-Time and Part time applicants.
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About the Role
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In this position, you will deliver practical, social, and emotional support to young consumers by sharing your own recovery and healing experiences. Your work will focus on role-modelling hope, fostering relationships built on mutual trust, and promoting self-determination and empowerment in every interaction.
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As a senior member of the team, you will also provide vital leadership and guidance to peer colleagues. You will act as a trusted point of advice for managing complex consumer needs, applying advanced problem-solving skills and professional judgement within relevant service frameworks.
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Key Requirements
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We are actively seeking candidates who possess:
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Lived Experience:



Personal lived or living experience of mental ill health, psychological distress, alcohol and other drug (AOD) use or dependence, and/or suicidality.
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Peer Work Leadership: Demonstrated experience working as a Peer Worker within a mental health setting, including a background in providing mentoring, supervision, leadership, or practice development support to other lived experience staff.
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Formal Training: Completion of a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work and Core Intentional Peer Support Training.
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Purposeful Practice: A proven ability to intentionally utilise your lived experience to promote hope, recovery, and wellbeing for consumers.
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Employment Terms
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This opportunity is available on a flexible basis, with both full-time and part-time configurations considered to suit the right candidate.
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For further details, please refer to the Position Description or alternatively contact Caitlin McAlister at for a confidential discussion.
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About Albury Wodonga Health (AWH)
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AWH serves as the largest regional healthcare provider between Sydney and Melbourne, situated in the border cities of Albury and Wodonga. With a dedicated team of over 3,000 professionals, we proudly service a population of up to 300,000 across North-East Victoria and Southern NSW. Our extensive network encompasses two primary hospital campuses and an additional 22 sites, delivering a diverse range of emergency, surgical, women's and children's, community, mental health, allied health, and sub-acute services. Our growth continues with the opening of a state-of-the-art Emergency Department in ****, and excitingly, the construction of a new hospital at our Albury site by ****. This expansion will greatly elevate our ability to service the needs of our community, and we need a great team of people like you to accomplish this.
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What awaits you at AWH?
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We are committed to our Employee Value Proposition and will deliver on our key pillars of Growth, Balance, Contribution and Lifestyle. We provide comprehensive

📌 Senior Consumer Peer Worker - Icymhs (Victoria)
🏢 State Government Of Victoria, Australia
📍 Victoria