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• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Community Mental Health
• Position based in Gawler
• Salary: OPS3 $67,589 - $72,033 p.a (pro rata) + superannuation + salary sacrifice benefits
• Ongoing Part Time position 15 hours per week

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

We are seeking a motivated Peer Specialist to join our Mental Health team in Gawler. Using your lived experience, you’ll provide recovery-focused, non-clinical support to consumers, helping them achieve their care goals while fostering wellness, empowerment, and connection. Join a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team and make a real impact on the mental health and wellbeing of our community.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Gawler).  We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community.  Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness.  We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?

At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day.  We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you passionate about supporting mental health consumers through lived experience?
• Do you have the skills to build trust, encourage engagement, and foster recovery?
• Are you committed to working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team?
• Do you engage respectfully with diverse communities, including Aboriginal consumers?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on...

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Provide practical, non-clinical support to consumers to achieve their care plan goals.
• Facilitate peer support, sharing lived experience to promote recovery and wellness.
• Collaborate with the Mental Health team to ensure integrated, culturally sensitive care.
• Assist consumers in developing self-management skills, relapse prevention, and coping strategies.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us.  We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families. 

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards.  To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake.  These are detailed on the Role Description, and do vary depending on what is required in the role, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised.  The policy on immunisation is very detailed, so please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries.  Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

BHFLHN is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

HELP IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (Job ref: 916984), or reach out to Abigail English, Acting Team Leader
on Phone: 85212117 or via E-mail: Abigail.English@sa.gov.au

More information is offered via our Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf.  Please also click here for our Australian applicant guideline 

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DON’T HESITATE!  Applications Close on 29 October 2025 at 11.55PM

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

916984 Peer Specialist Mental Health - Role Description.pdf