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Lived Experience Led Peer Practitioner
- Opportunity to utilise your learnings from lived/living experience to hold space and opportunity for healing
- Casual & Fixed term Part time Opportunities
- Geelong Location
Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds.
Mind Australia is one of Australia’s largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services, supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives. Operating for almost 50 years and employing more than 1,300 staff around Australia, Mind is a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate clients and guide recovery.
About the role
The Lived Experience Residential Service will provide free short-term support in a home-like setting for people experiencing mental health crisis and distress. This innovative trial service is designed and run by a highly experienced and skilled peer workforce. Peer practitioners are trained to draw on the experience, knowledge and wisdom of their own mental health challenges to support others in their healing and recovery. Lived Experience Residential Service will offer up to eight beds for anyone aged 18 and over experiencing high levels of distress.
We are seeking compassionate Lived Experience Led – Peer Practitioners for casual or fixed term part time opportunities in the Geelong area. Working a rotating 24/7 roster, you will utilise your learnings from lived/living experience of mental health challenges, languages of pain and other intersectional identities to hold space and opportunity for healing for those accessing the Lived Experience Residential Service.
Key responsibilities
- Demonstrate knowledge and abilities gained from both an individuals lived/living experiences, collective impacts and Lived Expertise, and be able to support the development of these approaches
- Support your team to understand and role model the delivery of services and approaches that are consistent with recovery-oriented practice from a peer/Lived Experience perspective.
- Work within an Intentional Peer Support model to Walk alongside people during their stay, ensuring that even in the moments where a person is experiencing deep distress you continue to be honest, and open, holding connection and relationship at the heart of your interactions
- Assist the person with system navigation and linkages to community agencies or support systems that will assist them to address life impacts and barriers to full social, educational and employment participation
What you’ll bring
- Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core and/ or Advanced Training
- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, is desirable but not required
- Completion of other relevant Consumer Discipline trainings are desired but not required eg: Consumer Perspective Supervision, Alt2Su, Hearing Voices etc.
- Have a lived/living experience of mental distress and recovery and understanding of, and ability and willingness to, contribute this Lived Expertise in working towards greater organisational impact.
- Previous experience in using lived experience and expertise in a dedicated Peer role strongly desirable
Benefits
- Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.
- Fitness Passport - Access to our corporate health and fitness program, providing you and family with access to a wide choice of fitness facilities.
Interested?
To apply visit Mind Careers - reference number 499808. Online applications must be submitted by 11pm Wednesday 24 June 2026. Please contact the person below for more information.
Tristan Cadman-Gibbings – Lived Experience Operational Development Lead
Tristan.CadmanGibbings@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
Position Description
The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.
