Walk alongside people in their recovery journey, helping them build on their strengths, pursue their goals, and create a meaningful future. Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker

to join our established Penrith

team The position available is: Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)

Based at Penrith

Working Monday to Friday

Level 3

on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement (2018) equivalent to

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

About the Opportunity

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: Effectively and appropriately hold recovery and social citizenship conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them, support them and build reciprocity, via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience.

Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused,



whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.

Effectively contribute to decreasing stigma and discrimination around having a lived experience of a mental health challenge.

Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.

Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.

Fullcriteria and position description areavailable within the application. The Benefits

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

Tax-Free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900 annually + an additional $2,650 annually 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/Recent Year + 10 weeks paid primary carer parental leave

Family-friendly and flexible working conditions

Opportunities for career progression,professional development and training

such asMental 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, JB HI FI, Myer, AMPOL, Rebel, Ticketek 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 higher qualification in a relevant field, or a minimum of two years’ full-time experience in the human services sector.

Personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery.

The ability to draw on your lived experience in a safe, respectful, and purposeful way to inspire hope and support others.

Maintain a current Australian Driver's Licence(willingness to travel independently in the community for community-based support)

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.

📌 Peer Worker (Penrith)
🏢 Flourish Australia
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