Employment Type: Permanent Part Time (24 Hours per week)
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Graduate or Non Graduate
Remuneration: $34.08 - $62.28 per week + Superannuation
Location: Concord Centre for Mental Health
Requisition ID: REQ690225

Sydney Local Health District is one of the fastest growing Local Health Districts in New South Wales. Our facilities and services are world class and our staff are dedicated, innovative and caring.

About the Role
Concord Centre for Mental Health is committed to improving mental health for people and our communities by providing quality mental health services in partnership with consumers, families and service providers by providing quality healthcare, delivery of safe appropriate care, ensuring access to services, supporting our workforce, and working closely with the local community to manage the changing demand for services.

The Peer Support Worker uses their lived experience of mental health in a purposeful way that provides hope for consumers, and practical strategies that support recovery.

This role will support consumers across four main areas:

- Developing positive physical and mental health
- Access to housing, employment and education
- Re-discovering a sense of purpose and personal identity
- Forming active connections to the community of the consumers' choice.

Peer Support Workers work with individuals and groups, are always person-led, and provide support contingent on peer choice. Peer Support Workers will work within the model of care for the team they work in.

For more information, view the Position Description

Ideal Candidate

- This is an Identified Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Position.



Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such. Exemption is claimed under Section 14 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1977.
- Personal experience of mental distress and demonstrated experience using recovery principles. A degree in a relevant field is required for payment at Graduate rate.
- Demonstrated understand of social and emotional well-being, family and kinship structures, and Aboriginal culture and wisdom, and the unique challenges Aboriginal consumers may experience in accessing the service.

This is an Identified Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Position. Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such. Exemption is claimed under Section 14 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1977.

Benefits and Perks

- Paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging, Novated Leasing & Meal Entertainment allowance, visit SalaryPackagingPlus
- Upskill with free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) confidential counselling for staff and their families
- Annual influenza vaccination on us!




- Discounted Fitness Passport membership and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.

For more information, visit SLHD Benefits

This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.

Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2026_004).

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

For more information about SLHD please visit ‘Working with Us’

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For enquiries, please contact Ben Cutler via email at ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day, apply now!

Applications Close: 27 September 2026

For Applicant Support and Information, visit ‘Applicant Information’

📌 Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Peer Support Worker (Health Education Officer Graduate/Non-Graduate) (Concord)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Concord