• Support and mentor young people to reach their wellbeing and recovery goals
• Play a pivotal role within our new Caloundra-based team
• Meals and Entertainment benefits - Salary Packaging options 

Utilise your lived experience to support other young people on their mental health recovery journey in this full time role on the Sunshine Coast.

Every year headspace centres help thousands of young Australians to access support and services for their mental and physical health.

With a focus on early intervention, headspace services keep young people at the heart of everything they do. 

We are looking for a full time Youth Peer Support Worker to join our team in Caloundra.

This is not a clinical role and doesn’t require you to hold a qualification, but you must have a lived experience of significant mental health challenges and seeking support / treatment.

Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to have a personal lived experience of substance dependence and or Mental ill-health, service use and recovery.

The salary for this position is $73,000 - $79,000 plus Superannuation. We offer lots of benefits including five extra days paid leave, an Employee Assistance Program, and discounted access to gyms, pools, and leisure facilities across the country. Our intranet, Wellspring, offers a huge range of discounted products and services – from supermarkets to electronics to fashion! 

What we are looking for

Although this is not an entry level role, it would ideally suit someone in the early stages of their career – someone with a passion for utilising their own lived experience of significant mental health challenges, to help others through their own recovery and wellbeing journey.

If you have been a Youth Peer Support Worker previously, great! If not, you will be excited about learning how to facilitate groups and provide individual support in a safe, inclusive way. Along with the ability to mentor and guide, you will have the following:

• Collaborative, open approach – this a newly developed team and your opportunity to contribute to developing the culture and environment
• Strong communication and engagement skills - you will be having individual and group discussions with a range of young people
• Appropriate sharing of your own lived experience, working within professional boundaries and positive role-modelling
• Understanding of how to safely share your own mental health journey with peers
• Knowing the importance of self-care and self-reflection, and being open when you require support
• You’re super organised – you know how to plan and manage your time and workload
• You can easily talk to your peers but also switch gears to talk and advocate within a team of clinical professionals
• Good computer skills, use of Microsoft Suite and Client Management Systems

A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work would be highly regarded, but we can also provide internal training opportunities within the headspace Peer Support Work model.  You will need to have an Australian Drivers Licence and a Working with Children Blue Card.

About our team

The team is supported by an open and collaborative Team Leader who is personable, flexible, and works with an open-door policy. Our ideal candidate will have a great sense of humour, passion for working with young people and mental health, be a team player, and be willing to offer ideas and suggestions. We are open to change, and love to challenge the status quo.  Young people are always at the centre of everything we do.

The centre is located near the beach, with on-site parking and surrounded by plenty of shops and cafes.

Other things you need to know

headspace Caloundra is run by Lives Lived Well, a progressive, for purpose organisation, delivering leading edge services aimed at supporting people to live their lives well. We live and work by our values, so it’s important to us that you do too!

• You are humble, human, and full of hope.
• You show up and share.
• You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
• You leave a positive wake.

What to do next

Please click "Apply Now" to submit your application. You will be required to complete a few pre-screening questions, where you can tell us your story and why you are interested in working with us.

If you have any questions about the role or to view the Position Description, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Youth Peer Support Worker - headspace Caloundra, Sunshine Coast enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We will be conducting interviews throughout the process and may close applications early.

Lives Lived Well is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural and gender backgrounds that reflect our community including First Nations People.