Peer Worker Alcohol and Other Drugs - Serenity House
Part time (22.8 hours) | Temporary contract until 30 June 2026
City Mission is seeking an individual to provide peer support to current and future residents of Serenity House by using their own lived experience of substance use and recovery.
The Peer Worker will develop working relationships with Serenity House residents and staff, and will support residents during the program to apply the values, principles and guidelines of Serenity House.
Serenity House is a Sobering Up and Place of Safety facility located in Burnie, North-West Tasmania. It is a place for ‘time-out’, offering communal living under the support and supervision of trained staff. While staying at Serenity House, individuals have the prospect to look at long‐term options for recovery, which may include a pathway to longer term residential rehabilitation services.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Essential Qualifications/Experience:
- Lived experience in the area of substance use and/or substance dependence.
- An in-depth understanding of your own personal recovery process and the willingness to continue to engage in appropriate recovery supports.
- A willingness to purposefully and respectfully use your own lived experience to help others understand their own recovery journey.
- Completion of Peer Worker Training or equivalent, or willingness to complete.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
- Self-reflective and resilient with the ability to maintain boundaries and demands associated with assisting clients in crisis.
- National Police Check is required for all roles at LCM.
- Registration to Work with Vulnerable People is required for all roles at LCM.
Desirable Qualifications/Experience:
- Experience or demonstrated capacity to work in an organisation adopting a Christian ethos.
- Experience and confidence in group facilitation
- Lived experience in a residential recovery setting using a Therapeutic Community (TC) model advantageous.
Why work with us?
- Vibrant, healthy workplace culture
- Access to salary packaging
- In-house Chaplaincy service
- EAP assistance
- Rewards program
- Birthday celebrations
This position and salary will be based on the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010. As a Public Benevolent Institution, Launceston City Mission employees are eligible to salary package through our approved provider.
If you have a passion to work as part of a friendly team in a caring, compassionate environment, knowing that our success will be directed towards community services, individuals at risk of homelessness and those struggling with dependency related problems, we encourage you to apply.
A position description is available by phoning 6335 3000 during office hours, by emailing [email protected], or via our website – www.citymission.org.au/careers.
Applications close on Thursday 2nd October, 2025 at 9:00am.
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📌 Peer Worker Alcohol and Other Drugs - Serenity House
🏢 Launceston City Mission
📍 Burnie