Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer
Remuneration: 77299 - 123504 full-time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ688335
Location: Randwick
Applications Close: Midnight on 31 August 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Jourdan Emily Hancock on
[email protected]
At the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, every role helps children and young people live their healthiest lives.
As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.
What you'll be doing
The Youth Peer Worker (YPSW) will provide person centred, recovery oriented and trauma-informed peer support.
As an integral member of the Mental Health team, the YPSW will provide a rapid response to young people aged 12 – 17 years with mental distress and/or psychosocial complexity. Many of these young people present in crisis or are transitioning from hospital care.
Working alongside a mutli-disciplinary team the Youth Peer Support Worker provides assertive, outreach support to young people. The support they provide is timely and appropriate in a place where young people live or feel comfortable.
The Peer Worker works collaboratively with young people to deliver support that aligns with the values of Peer Support and the principles of step up/step down care and recovery orientated care. This includes making connections to a range of community-based services, or supporting consumers to determine if they require more assertive acute care.
The YPSW provides direct peer support to people at risk of suicide presenting to the service. They utilise their lived experience of suicidal crisis to promote social connection, and reduce isolation and loneliness. Through purposeful story tell they use their their lived experience to facilitate hope, role-modelling recovery and build relationships that maintain a trauma informed consumer focus.
The Youth Peer Support provides input into policy and contribute to processes that improve the mental health experiences of consumers.
Additional Benefits (where applicable): Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)
How to Apply:
Click ‘Apply Online’ and submit your application including:
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Personal lived experience of mental distress, suicidal crisis and/or attempt with recovery, and the ability to purposefully use this lived experience to provide peer support to young people at risk of suicide.
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Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (consumer) or willingness to obtain this qualification within 12 months of commencing position, including completion of CHCCCS003 Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide, and willingness to complete other essential training as soon as practical. A degree in a relevant field is required for payment at Graduate rate.
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Commitment to using person centred, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles to provide support to young people at risk of suicide.
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Understanding of, and commitment to, the use of lived experience in service design, implementation and evaluation.
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Excellent interpersonal skills to work with clinicians from diverse backgrounds and form relationships with a wide range of mental health consumers.
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Good verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated competency in Microsoft applications.
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Class 1A drivers licence.
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Participate in weekends, on-calls and departmental rostering requirements
Child Safe Standards:
SCHN is committed to maintaining a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, in line with NSW Health’s commitment to the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.
SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity, recognising that a diverse workforce strengthens our culture and enhances the care we provide to children, young people and their families.
Permanent NSW Health roles require Australian citizenship or permanent residency. Temporary visa holders may be considered where no suitable Australian citizen or permanent resident is identified.
NSW Health vaccination and screening requirements must be met prior to commencement.
This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.
Where required, overseas qualifications must be formally assessed by the Department of Education or relevant authority for recognition in Australia.
An Eligibility List may be created for future permanent and temporary full or part time vacancies.
Need more information?
about applying for this position
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families. For application support, visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application, or contact the SCHN’s Aboriginal Workforce Consultant at
[email protected]
For technical support please contact 1300 679 367
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