Peer Worker - Mother & Baby Unit

👩‍👧‍👦 Support mums and bubs during a vital stage of life – make a real difference!
💬 Use your lived experience to inspire hope and recovery in others
🌱 Grow your career in a supportive, inclusive and recovery-focused team

Support mums through perinatal mental health recovery. Share your lived experience. Empower, connect, inspire. Make a real impact. Apply Now!

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer
Remuneration: $31.51 - $57.58 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24 (Job Share may be considered for part time hours)
Location: Westmead

Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is a leading healthcare provider, offering primary, secondary, and tertiary care to residents of Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd, and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs). With over 13000 employees, WSLHD is dedicated to providing exceptional health services in line with their values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment.

Westmead Hospital, a major teaching hospital and principal referral centre, is renowned for its specialised services and is currently undergoing a $1.1 billion redevelopment to become one of Australia's largest health precincts.

What you'll be doing
Join the WSLHD Mental Health Services as a Peer Worker at the Westmead Mother and Baby Unit, supporting women experiencing perinatal mental health challenges through shared lived experience, empathy, and recovery-focused care.

• Use your personal recovery journey to offer support, hope and practical guidance.
• Support mothers and infants in a therapeutic, inclusive and culturally sensitive environment.
• Promote self-care, empowerment and social connection in perinatal recovery.
• Collaborate with teams, advocate for consumer needs, and contribute to peer-led activities.
• Document and educate through a strengths-based, non-clinical approach within the service.

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Requirements:

Evidence of Diversity claim: This is a Female Peer Worker Identified position working in the field of perinatal health . Being female is a genuine occupational qualification for this position as described under Section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act, 1977 (NSW).

Selection Criteria:

1. Understanding of and commitment to consumer led recovery principles in the perinatal stage with the ability to utilise your lived and living experiences to support others with their own mental health recovery journey. Demonstrating stories of hope and resiliency.
2. Have your own lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery as a mother with child including using mental health services and a willingness to share experience in a professional manner.
3. Knowledge and understanding of the areas of mental health that relate to the perinatal period of life including relevant policy and guidance.
4. Demonstrated ability to individually and systemically advocate for mental health consumers.
5. Willingness to undertake and complete Certificate IV Mental Health Consumer Peer Work course with MHCC. Course to be completed within 18 months of starting Peer Work.
6. Demonstrated good written and verbal communication skills, including the use of Microsoft office.
7. Demonstrated good organisational and planning skills to organise one’s own daily work.
8. Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team and actively contribute to the further development of Peer Work in WSLHD.

Requisition ID: REQ557407
Applications Close: 28^th May 2025

Need more information?

• Discover more about the application process.
• Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.  
• Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
• For inquiries about the role, contact Brianna Circosta on Brianna.Circosta@health.nsw.gov.au