Flourish Australia is seeking an authentic, compassionate Peer Worker to join our team delivering the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support (CPS) Program.

This structured, recovery-oriented role is ideal for professionals committed to walking alongside people with psychosocial challenges - supporting them to build capacity, strengthen community connections, and live independently.

The position available is:

Closed-term Full-time until 30 June 2027

Working in your local community in

Emerald

Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Attractive hourly rate equivalent

to

$40.49-$43.42/hour+ Super + Salary Packaging

About the Prospect As a

Peer Worker , you will work in the community to support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to achieve their hopes and dreams. Your personal lived experience of mental health challenges, trauma, recovery and navigating services is recognised as a form of Lived Experience Expertise. You use this expertise intentionally, safely, and purposefully to build relationships grounded in mutuality, shared understanding, respect, and hope. Through authentic connection and values-aligned self-disclosure, you support people to explore their strengths, rights, choices, and self-defined recovery goals, always honouring their roles as the expert in their own life.

On a day to day basis you will:

Deliver structured, time-limited, and goal-oriented support in line with CPS national guidelines, focused on improving daily functioning and achieving recovery goals.





Collaborate with participants to co-design and implement individual recovery plans based on their strengths, needs, and aspirations.

Conduct assessments, monitor progress, and adapt supports as needed.

Co-facilitate group programs that promote recovery, social connection, skill-building, and personal development.

Full criteria and position description are available within the application.

The Advantages

Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018)

Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900 + additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits

such as meals and holiday accommodation

Generous leave provisions including

17.5% 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 progression, professional development and training

such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST

Employee Assistance Program

for confidential wellbeing support

Regular

supervision (reflective practice) , ongoing 1:1

mentoring , strong

team support

and a

comprehensive induction program

Workplace Community Groups

such as our

Rainbow Network





for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and

YarnUp

for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members

Personal

Fleet pricing discounts

with our preferred automotive supplier

Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers

(Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)

About You You are passionate about supporting people on their recovery journey and believe in the value of lived experience. You bring a recovery-oriented mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and a commitment to creating inclusive, person-centred outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

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 personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.

Willing and able to effectively, respectfully, and appropriately use your lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.

Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia’s values.

A current Australian Driver’s Licence.

Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health challenges 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.

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