Safe Haven Peer Worker - Casual

⭐ Turn your lived experience into meaningful impact, inspiring hope, strengthening recovery and creating genuine connections in a safe, supportive environment.

Remuneration: $38.98 - $62.28 Per Hour + Super 
Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Health Education Officer
Location: Tamworth Community Health Service
Requisition ID: REQ704179
Applications Close: Wednesday 18th November 2026


 

🌿 About the Role

As a Safe Haven Peer Worker, you’ll draw on your own lived experience of suicide to provide compassionate, authentic and person-centred support to individuals experiencing suicidal distress or impacted by suicide. Working within a welcoming, safe and non-clinical environment, you’ll foster genuine connection, offer hope and understanding, and empower individuals to explore pathways towards recovery while connecting them with services that address the underlying challenges affecting their wellbeing.

Through meaningful peer relationships, you’ll provide a range of tailored supports, including psychosocial assistance, safety planning, recovery and wellness planning, individual and group peer support, advocacy and follow-up. You’ll also work collaboratively with individuals to identify appropriate community resources, strengthen support networks and facilitate connections with services that can provide ongoing care.

Building strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including Community Mental Health teams and The Way Back Service, you’ll play an important role in promoting continuity of care and ensuring individuals feel supported, connected and empowered beyond their time at Safe Haven.

Tamworth Safe Haven operates on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. During each shift, you’ll work alongside a Mental Health Clinician in a supportive and collaborative environment. You’ll also benefit from regular structured clinical supervision, ongoing education, professional development opportunities and access to internal in-service programs, with guidance and support from your Line Manager and Professional Leads.

📍 Where You’ll Be Working

Join the welcoming and supportive Tamworth Safe Haven team as a casual Peer Worker, based at the Bridge Street location. Tamworth Safe Haven provides a safe, inclusive and non-clinical drop-in environment for people experiencing suicidal thoughts or who have been impacted by suicide, offering connection, understanding and compassionate support when it matters most.

You’ll become part of a collaborative and inclusive team that values lived experience, genuine connection and a shared commitment to creating a welcoming space where individuals feel heard, respected and supported.
 

What we can offer you:

At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

Supportive and collaborative team environment

Ongoing professional development opportunities across the administrative network

Career progression opportunities within NSW Health
 

Essential Requirements:

• Willingness to work weekend and evening shifts.
• Attainment of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer), or successful completion of Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (Consumer) within 18 months of commencing position, including completion of CHCCCS003: Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide.
• Eligible to drive in NSW and willingness to travel for work purposes.

If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply:

💚 You confidently draw upon your lived experience of suicide in a safe, purposeful and meaningful way, using your unique perspective to inspire hope, foster connection and empower others on their recovery journey.

🤝 You thrive in a collaborative environment, working alongside clinicians and multidisciplinary mental health professionals to deliver inclusive, person-centred peer support.

🌿 You are passionate about supporting individuals to achieve positive recovery outcomes, strengthen their connections and access appropriate services, supports and community resources.

Bring your dedication, professionalism, and heart for healthcare to our team - we can’t wait to hear from you!

Additional Information:

• If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first.Hunter New England Health is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing 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.
• At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace.  Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact HNELHD-Diversity@health.nsw.gov.au  for confidential support.  
• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

How to apply:

Click apply online, submit your information and resume, and address the criteria listed below providing examples that demonstrate your ability.
 

• Please describe your personal lived experience of suicide and explain how you have meaningfully and purposefully used your lived experience to provide peer support to people at risk of suicide.
• Can you provide an example of how you have used recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles when supporting people at risk of suicide? What was your approach and the outcome?
• Please describe a time when you worked collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team with clinicians and other staff. What was your role, and how did you contribute to achieving positive outcomes?

Need more information? 

• Click here for the Position Description 
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For role related queries or questions contact Madison Watts on Madison.Watts@health.nsw.gov.au