• Utilise learning from own lived/living experience to walk alongside service users
• Place service users first, strengthening connections to help navigate their journey with trust & understanding
• Part Time 22.8 hours/week until 30 June 2026 | Group Based Recovery Support Program, Mackay Location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

Mind Australia is one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. Operating for more than 45 years and employing more than 1,300 staff around Australia, Mind is a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients and guide recovery.

About the role

The Group Based Recovery Support Program (GBRSP) provides a holistic approach to recovery by utilising Peer Practitioners to engage with clients in group work and other activities to meet client’s identified needs. The GBRSP delivers Mind Recovery College content providing a safe welcoming environment offering multiple psychosocial groups focusing on community integration, financial management, recreation skills, interpersonal relationships, tenancy support etc.

We are seeking a compassionate and engaging Peer Practitioner for a 12 month fixed term, part time (22.8 hours per week) opportunity in the Mackay area. You will work with a person to understand and identify their story, identify how they would like to move towards what is possible in their lives by focusing on relational care.

Key responsibilities

• Work alongside people to support them to return to a place of residence and a meaningful life through utilising Intentional Peer Support approach to relationships
• Support your team to understand and role model the delivery of services and approaches that are consistent with recovery-oriented practice from a peer/Lived Experience perspective.
• Be grounded in the discipline of Lived Expertise, drawing from your own lived experience, informed by a commitment to social change, human rights, dignity and choice to shape the delivery of their work and that of Mind.
• Assist the person with system navigation and linkages to community agencies or support systems that will assist them to address life impacts and barriers to full social, educational and employment participation, as required. 

What you’ll bring

• Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/ or Advanced Training, or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required.
• Tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate IV) are required in Mental Health, Peer Work, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) or other health related field as designated by Mind.
• Able to provide a record of Vaccination Preventable Diseases or able to obtain vaccinations against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B or other diseases as required by our Partnership with QLD Health.
• Ability to share learnings from your personal story in an appropriate and purposeful manner to support, empower, speak about the times of hopelessness and the importance of hope, and support the recovery of clients.
• Experience or ability to acquire skills in understanding needs and working collaboratively to plan wellbeing supports using evidence informed approaches and tools, for example in challenging situations.

Benefits

• Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
• Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
• Professional development through regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor 

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 497551. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. Please contact the person below for more information.

Angela Mcdowall – Service Manager
[email protected]

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected].

The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.