Suicide Prevention Peer Support Worker
Looking for a role with better work-life balance? Join the vibrant and professional team working to support consumers accessing Safe Haven Services
Be part of the vibrant and professional team improving and enriching the health of our communities every day.
Our benefits:
Financial:
12% superannuation
Salary packaging and novated leasing
Annual leave with 17.5% leave loading (for full-time and part-time staff)
Work-Life Balance:
Flexible work options, including hybrid and varied hours (depending on the role)
Paid maternity and parental leave (for more information)
Generous leave options like long service and carers leave
Health & Wellbeing:
Discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
Free and confidential support for staff and their families via our Staff Wellbeing and Support Service (EAP)
Wellbeing programs that promote mental health, resilience, and balance
Employment type: Permanent Full / Part Time and Casual opportunities
Position classification: Health Education Officer Grad / Non Grad
Remuneration: $ 67,584.00 – $ 112,558per annum (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ669891
Vaccination Category: A
Location: Griffith and Wagga
About the Service
The establishment of Safe Spaces is one of eight key initiatives that comprise the Towards Zero Suicides Initiative.
Safe Spaces will provide support and referrals to people who present to the service experiencing suicidal thinking. They will provide an alternative to presenting to an emergency or to remaining in an emergency department unnecessarily. The district has been allocated two Safe Spaces, one in Griffith and one in Wagga Wagga.
What you’ll be doing
Appropriately share one's personal lived experience and support people who access the service to be actively involved in their own care through providing and explaining information about rights and responsibilities, how to navigate the service as well as providing other information and support as appropriate to their individual needs of the client.
Key responsibilities:
Provide recovery-oriented and trauma-informed peer support for people who present to the service
Provide psychosocial support, safety planning and recovery/wellness planning
Deliver individual or group peer support, advocacy and follow up support to access other services
Work in a manner that aligns with the principles of step up/step down care. This includes making referrals to a range of community-based services for ongoing support if required (step down), or escalating concerns over consumer wellbeing to clinical staff/management within the Safe Space and/or outreach teams for follow up (step up)
Liaise with, and possibly work, from emergency departments to ensure people in distress are successfully linked to the service and that emergency department staff have a high awareness of the service.
After hours and weekend work will be a requirement of the role
Candidates will be required to meet the following criteria:
Certificate IV Peer Work or ability to enroll and complete the CERT IV within 18 months or an Australian recognised Health related qualification
Lived Experience Expertise of a suicidal crisis
NSW Working with children clearance
Compliance with Vaccination category A
Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel as required
More information:
1) Download the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position.
For role related queries or questions contact Acting Manager Suicide Prevention Outreach Team & Safe Havens, Samantha Price 0450 564 956 or [email protected]
Applications close: 29 July 2026
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy
MLHD values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
