SA Health
Job reference: 929221
Location: 5042 - BEDFORD PARK
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
* Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Hospital – Morier Ward
* Salary $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. (Pro Rata) OPS2 |18.75 Hours Per Week - Part time - Ongoing position
Join our Mental Health Team as a Peer Specialist
Are you passionate about using your lived experience of mental health recovery to make a difference? Noarlunga Hospital is seeking a Peer Specialist within the Morier Ward to join our multidisciplinary team and help support consumers on their recovery journeys.
As a Peer Specialist, you’ll draw on your own experiences of mental health challenges, service use, and recovery to offer hope, understanding, and empowerment through genuine, non-clinical relationships. You’ll work alongside clinicians to:
* Support consumers in developing self-management, wellness and safety planning skills.
* Promote recovery-oriented, person-centred, and trauma-informed approaches within the team
* Enhance communication and collaboration between consumers and staff to improve treatment outcomes.
About you:
* Proven ability to build authentic, trusting relationships with consumers and to advocate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and clinical environments.
* Demonstrated ability to purposefully use personal lived experience of mental health challenges, service use, and recovery to support others’ recovery, self-determination, and goal setting.
* Sound understanding of peer work values and principles, and approaches that are person-centred, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, human rights-based, and focused on self-determination.
* Ability to work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers, and community services to enhance engagement, inclusion, and connection with social, recreational, and support networks.
* Certificate 4 in Mental health Peer work or willingness to work towards is desired
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
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Application Closing Date: 11:55pm Sunday 15 February 2026
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* We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Clickto find out more about salary packaging.
* The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
* Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
* SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 929221
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.