Walk alongside people on their mental health recovery journeys and support them to achieve their hopes and dreams
Flourish Australia has an exciting opportunity for a Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker to join our established Armidale team.
The position available is:
* Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)
* Working Monday to Friday
* Based in Armidale
* Attractive hourly rates equivalent to $38.65-$41.45/hour + Super + Tax-Free Salary Packaging
About the Opportunity
As a Peer Worker or Mental Health Worker, you will support people accessing our services who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to achieve their hopes and dreams. You will play an important part in assisting people to maintain wellness and realise their goals. On a day to day basis you will:
* Effectively and appropriately hold recovery and social citizenship conversations with people who access our services in order to connect with them, support them and build reciprocity, via mutual understanding, trust and shared experience.
* Effectively and appropriately guide and support each individual in their recovery and be strengths, ability and possibility focused, whilst ensuring they are the leads in their own recovery journey.
* Effectively contribute to decreasing stigma and discrimination around having a lived experience of a mental health challenge.
* Support the person to access activities and opportunities that promote independence.
* Support skill development at every opportunity through self-directed learning, information, training, and education.
We value lived experience and believe peer support is a powerful part of the mental health recovery journey. Therefore, our Peer Worker roles are for those willing to use their personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery. Your personal lived experience of mental health challenges, trauma, recovery and navigating services is recognised as a form of Lived Experience. You use this expertise intentionally, safely, and purposefully to build relationships grounded in mutuality, shared understanding, respect, and hope. Through authentic connection and values-aligned self-disclosure, you support people to explore their strengths, rights, choices, and self-defined recovery goals, always honouring their roles as the expert in their own life.
It is not a requirement for Mental Health Workers to use their lived experience of a mental health challenge in their everyday work.
To learn more about becoming a Peer Worker with Flourish Australia, we encourage you to review An Introduction to Peer Work at Flourish Australia, which provides a clear overview of the role. You can also deepen your understanding of our Peer Work model by exploring our Peer Workforce Framework.
Full position descriptions for each role can be found below:
* Peer Worker Position Description
* Mental Health Worker Position Description
Please note - Successful candidates must maintain a Class C drivers license and proof of comprehensive insurance must be provided when required. You may be directed to use your private motor vehicle in the course of performing your duties when an organisational pool motor vehicle is unavailable. You will receive the Travelling Transport and Fares Allowance when using your private vehicle for work related purposes.
Who we are
Flourish Australia is one of Australia's most experienced community mental health organisations. Our purpose is to support people to flourish, believe in their futures, and become contributing members of the community.
Our services are comprehensive and highly personalised because each person's experience will be different and their needs, as an individual, are unique. Together we set goals, connect individuals with the right people, support services and opportunities to meet their needs.
Our positions are open to all suitably qualified applicants. We have a strong commitment to the participation of people with lived experience of mental health challenges in our workforce. We value diversity and encourage applications from suitably qualified people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, LGBTQ+ communities and mature age candidates.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
* A Certificate IV or above in a relevant field OR a minimum of 2-years full-time experience working in the human services field (as recognised by Flourish Australia).
* A personal lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
* Willing and able to effectively, respectfully, and appropriately use your lived experience of a mental health challenge and recovery (Peer Worker only).
* Demonstrated alignment to Flourish Australia's values.
* A strong understanding and commitment to recovery-based practice in the workplace.
* Understanding of the challenges faced by people with a lived experience of mental health challenges.
* Understanding of, and ability to effectively use, Microsoft Office and knowledge of data information management systems.
* Maintain a current Australian Driver's Licence.
For further information, please contact Debra Gibbons, Manager. E: (please do not email applications).
The Benefits
Flourish Australia recognises and values its people as demonstrated by:
* Level 3 (SCHCADS) on the Flourish Australia Enterprise Agreement
* Tax-free Salary Packaging available up to $15,900
* Generous leave provisions including 17.5% leave loading + 2 additional days of personal leave + extra day paid leave over Christmas/New Year + paid parental leave
* Family-friendly and flexible working conditions
* Opportunities for career progression, professional development and training such as Mental Health First Aid and ASIST
* Employee Assistance Program for confidential wellbeing support
* Regular supervision (reflective practice), ongoing 1:1 mentoring, strong team support and a comprehensive induction program
* Workplace Community Groups such as our Rainbow Network for LGBTQ+ staff members & allies and YarnUp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members
* Personal Fleet pricing discounts with our preferred automotive supplier
* Employee discounts at 400+ popular retailers (Woolworths, Expedia, Myer, Kmart etc)
All appointments with Flourish Australia's Mental Health Services are subject to an NDIS Worker Screening clearance, a National Criminal History Check, a WWCC, previous employment reference checks, satisfactory Australian residency status and other background checks. All successful applicants will be required to declare any private or secondary employment prior to commencement in line with Flourish Australia's Private or Secondary Employment Policy.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete all the questions asked. You will then be required to attach a copy of your resume on the following page, we encourage you to have your resume up-to-date and available before you commence the application.
Applications close on 2 March 2026 at 5pm.