Join our Team

• Utilise your lived/living experience of mental health challenges to support service users achieve recovery goals and independent living
• Secondment opportunity until 30 June 2026| 22.5 hours/week
• The Peel Active Recovery Team (ART) service | Peel location

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived and living experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.

About the role

This is an internal opportunity for a compassionate and resilient Peer Practitioner to take on a secondment until 30 June 2026, working 22.5 hours per week with the Peel Active Recovery Team (ART) in the Peel region. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will draw on your lived or living experience of mental health and/or alcohol and drug challenges to provide intensive, person-centred, recovery-oriented support. You will empower service users to identify their goals and take meaningful steps toward recovery.

Key responsibilities

• Use your lived/living experience of mental ill health and recovery to build connection, offer hope, and support others on their recovery journey.
• Deliver high-quality services to respond to the unique needs of the service users, offering a flexible and person-centred approach.
• Provide resources and support to service users to foster positive relationships with those important to them.
• Participate in regular training, peer co-reflection, and professional development to strengthen your practice.
• Support people to navigate services and connect with community supports that help them build confidence, independence, and meaningful participation in daily life.
• Actively contribute to co-design and service improvement, championing the voice and leadership of people with lived experience.

What you’ll bring

• Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/ or Advanced Training, or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required.
• Previous experience in using lived experience and Expertise in a dedicated Peer role strongly desirable
• Experience, expertise and/or desire to work directly with people with mental health issues, as well as their families and carers.
• Experience or ability to acquire skills in understanding needs and working collaboratively to plan wellbeing supports using evidence informed approaches and tools.

Interested?

Please find below the position description for your review.

 PD Peer Practitioner (ART) 20241213.pdf

Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Wednesday, 9 July 2025. Please contact the person below if you require more information.

Amy Van Leeuwen, Service Manager

amy.vanleeuwen@mindaustralia.org.au

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact us at hr@mindaustralia.org.au

Please note this role is open for Mind Australia employees only so do not share this information with external parties