At North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) we are proud to deliver courageous health and community services that collaboratively address health inequity. We nurture a workforce that is passionate and diverse, with shared values and a strong commitment to making positive health impacts within the heart of North Richmond. With access to a variety of flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing activities and a rich learning environment, our team members are consistently able to deepen their expertise by being part of impactful and world recognised community health solutions.

• Part Time (0.8 FTE) | Ongoing
• North Richmond
• AOD Outreach & Community Engagement Program

About the role

We're looking for a Harm Reduction Peer Outreach Worker to join our Outreach & Community Engagement (OAE) team.

This is a unique peer role where your lived experience of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use is recognised as a valuable professional skill. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll build trusted relationships with people who use drugs (PWUD), providing assertive outreach, harm reduction education, care coordination and practical support throughout North Richmond.

The Outreach & Community Engagement team provide assertive outreach, complex care coordination and community engagement to improve health outcomes and support the local community.

In this role, you'll:

• Build trusting relationships with people who use drugs through assertive outreach.
• Use your lived experience safely and purposefully to support engagement and recovery goals.
• Deliver peer-led harm reduction education, mobile NSP services and naloxone education.
• Respond to overdoses and connect people with health and community services.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team using a shared care coordination model.
• Build positive relationships with local residents, businesses and community members.

About you

You'll be passionate about harm reduction and committed to meeting people where they're at, without judgement.

You'll also bring:

• A lived experience of AOD and the ability to view AOD use through a harm reduction lens
• Qualifications in AOD, community services, mental health or a related field (or willingness to complete AOD minimum competencies).
• Experience supporting people experiencing complex health and social challenges.
• A commitment to trauma-informed, person-centred practice.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships.
• Experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Why join NRCH?

At North Richmond Community Health, you'll join an organisation committed to health equity, social justice and reducing stigma.

We offer:

• Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay.
• Regular external supervision with a harm reduction peer expert.
• Internal and external Communities of Practice for lived experience workers.
• Ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
• A supportive, inclusive workplace where lived experience is genuinely valued.

Our values

At NRCH, our values guide everything we do:

• Working Together
• Being Courageous
• Embracing Diversity
• Making a Difference

Our commitment to health equity

At NRCH, improving health equity is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that health is shaped by social and structural factors beyond clinical care and we work alongside individuals and communities to address barriers to health and wellbeing.

Inclusion and Belonging

At North Richmond Community Health (NRCH), we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, identities, abilities and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ communities, and people of all ages.

Child Safety

NRCH is a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for all forms of child abuse. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of children and young people. All staff and volunteers share responsibility for promoting and maintaining a child safe environment in accordance with the Victorian Child Safe Standards.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check, evidence of qualifications and registrations, proof of work rights, and evidence of immunisation requirements relevant to the role.

For questions about the role, please reach out to Ginny McKinnon (AOD Outreach Manager) [email protected] using the subject line: Harm Reduction Peer Outreach Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.