Are you passionate about making a positive impact on mental health in your community? Join Grand Pacific Health’s Next Steps program as a Peer Worker, providing vital support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges. About us Grand Pacific Health (GPH) is a for-purpose community-based organisation. GPH provides high quality health services to assist people in the management of their physical and mental health. GPH’s mission is to provide equitable heath care with an emphasis on helping vulnerable and at risk of disadvantage populations as well as regional communities. GPH employs over 400 staff including many qualified health and other professionals including peer workers and community workers. GPH operations cover a large regional geographical footprint in NSW and ACT. About the role As a Peer Worker in our Next Steps team, you will work within the Grand Pacific Health (GPH) mental health teams to provide open and effective support to people accessing or considering connection to GPH mental health services. As a Peer Worker, your own lived experience of suicidality and/or mental ill health and personal recovery will strengthen the support provided to people accessing the program with their own lived experience of suicidality and/or mental ill health. You will aim to nurture hope and self-determination to inspire the people that you support to move forward with their lives. Being a Peer Worker means you will be drawing on your lived experience and personal journey towards recovery through many of your conversations with consumers and the team. This is a full-time position, with part-time hours also considered. This position is fixed term to 30 June 2027 and is based in our Wollongong hub. Why join us? Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay by reducing your taxable income (up to $15,900 for living expenses $2,650 for meals and entertainment). 17.5% Annual Leave loading Full time employees have the option to accrue a Rostered Day Off every month. Company-paid parental leave for all parents. Employee Assistance Program via LifeWorks for 24x7 counselling support, including telehealth, live chat and wellbeing platform. Flexible work arrangements to find your best work life balance Continuous learning and professional development opportunities. Work in a supportive, growing organisation with a focus on employee well-being and a positive workplace culture. We are looking for someone with: Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or commencement or a willingness to work towards qualification within first 6 months of employment). Direct lived experience of life changing mental health challenges, mental health service use, as well as significant periods of healing and personal recovery. Commitment to safely and purposely share lived experience to engender hope and support others on their personal recovery journey. Thorough understanding of the importance of personal and professional boundaries, ethical behaviour, policies, and procedures Interested? Visit our website www.gph.org.au/employment to download Position Description and our Employee Benefits Information and click the 'apply' button to submit your application. Please ensure that your application addresses the selection criteria detailed in the position description, or it may mean that your application does not progress to the next step in our recruitment process. For more information please contact: Jaci Smith - Manager, Mental Health on 0438 556 or gph.org.au Applications close: 21 September 2025 *Please note that short-listing of candidates may commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from the LGBTQI community, multicultural communities and people with a disability.