Peer Worker

Agency Department of Health Work unit Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drug

Services

Job title Lived Experience Peer Worker Designation Administrative Officer 3

Job type Part time (18 hrs and 30 mins per week) Duration Ongoing

Salary $68,776 - $73,898 Location Alice Springs

Position number 29103 RTF 348389 Closing 21/06/2026

Contact officer Ali Thorn on 08 8951 9511 or ***email_hidden***

About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=348389

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment

process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the

merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures

plans, go to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

To utilise your lived experience of mental health challenges navigating the service to provide meaningful support to adults

and their families, working collaboratively with their care team.

Context statement

Lived experience work is an important contribution to mental health. A Lived Experience Peer Worker is someone who has

experience of being a consumer of mental health services and can share their knowledge to support others in their mental

health care.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide peer support, assistance, advocacy and information to people accessing mental health services in Central

Australia.

2. Support consumers to attend mental health assessments or reviews with mental health staff.

3. Working collaboratively with mental health staff to help deliver group programs and bring a lived experience perspective

into care. Maintain records of your work.

4. Assist to create or improve information and resources that reflect lived experience values to support the service.

5. Awareness of your own wellbeing, strategies to support yourself and notify Manager if require support.

6. Follow Work Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure high quality, safe care in the workplace.

7. Work in a culturally responsive way that follows the NT Health processes.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Individual lived experience of mental health challenges and interactions with mental health services.

2. Ability to build positive relationships with consumers and mental health staff.

3. Confidence working both independently and as part of a team, maintaining records, confidentiality and professional

boundaries.

4. Ability to communicate with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, in a respectful and non-judgemental way.

5. Knowledge of organisational and computer skills.

6. Knowledge of recovery-oriented practice and peer work values.

Desirable

1. Certificate IV in Peer Work.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance

notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant

criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B

(indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.