One Door Mental Health is recruiting for a part time Aboriginal Peer Practitioner for its Medicare Mental Health Centre (MMHC) based in Canterbury in Sydney's Inner West. MMHC Canterbury is an adult mental health centre offering short to medium term episodes of care for those experiencing distress or crisis.

One Door is a pioneering, purpose-driven service provider dedicated to supporting individuals living with mental illness, along with their families and carers. With over 30 years of experience, One Door's innovative services and community-driven approach create a safe and supportive environment. It offers a full continuum of mental health services including early intervention, housing with support and complex care, to support people, families and carers across Australia.

Yilabara is a wholly Aboriginal-owned not-for-profit organisation that supports businesses to meet their corporate social responsibility objectives. We are proud to be assisting One Door to recruit to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identified position of Aboriginal Peer Practitioner.

Why work for One Door Mental Health

- Transform Lives: Play a vital role in empowering individuals, helping them achieve their goals and improve their quality of life.
- Competitive Salary Packaging: Maximise your take-home pay by salary packaging up to $15,900.
- Fitness Passport: Take advantage of our discounted workplace health and fitness program, offering you and your family access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness centres at a fraction of the regular cost. For 50% less than a typical gym membership, enjoy unlimited visits and stay motivated to maintain your health and well-being.
- Leave Perks: Enjoy leave perks including birthday leave, study leave, and an extra annual picnic day leave!
- Workplace Banking Portal: Access that provides convenient access to a range of banking and lifestyle benefits offered through our CommBank program.

About You This is a part time (4 days a week) Identified role for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is a contract position until 30 June 2027.

Canterbury Medicare Mental Health Centre is expanding and moving to new premises and services will move from a 5-day a week delivery model to 7-days a week, requiring rostered weekend work.

You are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island person with lived or living experience of mental distress and recovery. You have:

- highly developed relational skills, including demonstrating unconditional acceptance and positive regard




- effectively and appropriately share learnings from personal recovery stories
- understand how essential hope is, strategies to build hope, and holding hope for others
- demonstrate the ability to sit with, hold and bear witness to someone's distress in an authentic way
- transform adversity into expertise that can be empowering and helpful
- understand and articulate how Lived Experience work is distinct and unique, including the values, principles and practice of the discipline
- apply an Intentional Peer Support Framework to your practice
- are known for your flexibility and adaptability including during periods of change
- have a strong commitment to professional development and role modelling the delivery of services and approaches that are consistent with recovery-oriented practice from a peer/Lived Experience perspective.

Key areas of responsibility The role is responsible for providing peer-based support to people experiencing distress by building trust through shared experiences, promoting a hopeful outlook, and offering consistent, empathetic engagement by:

- participating in goal setting activities for people accessing the service
- providing encouragement and support to access supports
- providing support to clients to navigate and link to other community agencies and support systems to address their needs as required
- forging strong links with community partners to enable a smooth transition of One Door's clients
- delivering outreach-based peer support, including visiting clients in community settings and other services, to support engagement, reduce barriers to access, and assist clients to connect with appropriate supports
- participating in care planning
- contributing to the measurement of program outcomes
- preparing reports, case notes and other required documentation
- building meaningful connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients to ensure culturally informed, responsible and respectful peer support
- support collaboration and engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services, Elders,



and community organisations to enhance service delivery and culturally safe practice.

Essential Criteria

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person - One Door considers this to be a genuine occupational requirement for this position under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
- Lived/living experience of mental distress and recovery
- Highly developed relational and communication skills (oral and written) including experience in sharing your personal story appropriately to support the recovery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in peer and other roles
- Demonstrated understanding of the link between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes and homelessness and mental health challenges, and the effects of colonisation, dispossession, racism, systemic disadvantage and forced removal from family and community.
- Experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in connecting and reconnecting with Country, Communities, Elders and kinship groups
- Experience and expertise in or the willingness to work with people with mental health issues, their families and carers
- Demonstrated knowledge of or ability to acquire knowledge in the application of family inclusive, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed approaches and practices
- Demonstrated understanding of lived experience approaches including peer work, co-design and workforce development
- Ability to work flexibly in response to a changing work environment, and to work as a member of a team and independently
- Certificate IV in Mental Health, Peer Work, Alcohol and Other Drugs or other health related field or above
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance

- Working with Children Check
- Current Driver Licence and access to a comprehensively insured motor vehicle

Desirable Criteria

- Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/or Advanced Training

How to apply Please upload your current resume and a cover letter that demonstrates how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria for the role as outlined above. Applications without a cover letter that addresses the essential criteria may not be considered.

Applications are to be received by 11.59 on Tuesday 3 November 2026. Applications will be progressively reviewed prior to closing date. Only candidates selected for pre-screen will be contacted.

For further information about the role, please contact Alix Goodwin, Business Development Manager at [email protected]

📌 Aboriginal Peer Practitioner (Canterbury)
🏢 yilabara
📍 Canterbury