Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Location: Station Street Office, Penrith

Hours Per Week: 26

Requisition ID: REQ707247 Application Close: 25/11/2026

Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications

Health Education Officer Non-Graduate $34.08 - $49.29 per hour

Health Education Officer Graduate $38.98 - $62.28 per hour

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

NBMLHD Community Mental Health offers a range of specialised services for children, young people, families and older people, through our community-based services and health centers. Our multidisciplinary health professionals and case managers take a collaborative approach to mental health care by linking with their patients to work together and consult within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.

Join our Homelessness Mental Health Team and use your lived experience to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people experiencing mental health challenges and homelessness. As a Peer Worker, you will draw on your personal recovery journey to build genuine, empathic relationships that inspire hope, promote wellbeing, and support individual recovery.

Working within a recovery-oriented and trauma-informed framework, you will provide peer support to consumers experiencing psychological distress, mental illness, or suicidal crisis. You will play a vital role in fostering hope, choice,



self-determination, and social connection while partnering with a multidisciplinary team and community organisations to support people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness.

If you are passionate about supporting others on their recovery journey and want to be part of a team committed to compassionate, person-centered care, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

- Chance for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging

- Novated Leasing

- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year

- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

- Fitness Passport

What you will bring to the role

1. Personal lived experience of mental health distress and recovery, and ability to use meaningful and purposeful lived experience to provide peer support to consumers.
2. Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer) or readiness to work towards completing; or qualifications in health or other relevant qualification, e.g. degree, diploma or certificate
3. Demonstrated experience using recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles in providing support to consumers, and a broad understanding of recovery-oriented service provision and consumer involvement in service design, implementation and evaluation.
4. Understanding of the Mental Health Community Managed Organisation (CMO) sector,



and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a range of key stakeholders from a wide variety of settings.
5. Knowledge of legislation and standards relevant to mental health services.
6. Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to plan, implement and evaluate individual peer support service delivery.
7. Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision; effective interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to provide quality written documentation through the use of proficient IT skills.
8. Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.

Additional information:

- Click here for the Position Description
- For role related queries or questions contact Jessica Chua on [email protected]

- NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA , Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

- Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit the Stepping Up website

- NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards
- For assistance with applying please click here. To find out more about the NSW Health application process please click here.

- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

📌 Mental Health Peer Worker (Homelessness Team) (Australia)
🏢 NSW Health
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