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Advanced Peer Worker (Identified - Lived Experience with Mental Health)Queensland Government · Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Advanced Peer Worker (Identified - Lived Experience with Mental Health)

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-25 Brisbane, QLD, Australia Permanent Hybrid Healthcare Medical
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$6,000–A$8,000/mo

About the Company

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services: Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses. We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services. INTEGRITY COMPASSION ACCOUNTABILITY RESPECT ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care. We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply. We are better together.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

Requirements

  • ● You're someone who brings authenticity, empathy and a strong commitment to recovery-oriented practice.
  • ● We're looking for someone who:
  • ● Shares lived experience confidently - You're comfortable using your personal journey to support, educate and empower others.
  • ● Builds strong relationships - You connect well with consumers, carers, families and staff, promoting understanding of recovery.
  • ● Communicates with empathy - You bring calmness, intuition, resilience and compassion to every interaction.
  • ● Understands recovery principles - You have knowledge of strengths based approaches, trauma informed care and peer work values.
  • ● Check out our quick tips and application essentials
  • ● What we can offer you:
  • ● We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
  • ● We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
  • ● We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
  • ● You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.