Peer Worker (Family & Friends) - headspace

Create the career you want at headspace Hamilton as a Peer Worker (Family and Friends), where your lived experience will empower families to support young people and foster mental wellbeing.

Employee Benefits

• 11 Wellbeing Days pro-rata (to support worker well-being)  in addition to Annual Leave
• Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
• Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
• Regular Clinical Supervision.
• Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
• Minimum $76,498.01 (pro-rata) Salary negotiable.
• Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter (Tuesday).
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about making a difference for families and friends supporting young people with mental health needs? Join the headspace Hamilton team as a Peer Worker (Family and Friends) and use your experience to create meaningful change.

This is an ongoing part-time opportunity (0.8 EFT), offering stability and continuity within a supportive, values-driven team environment.

In this rewarding role, you’ll provide short-term, family-inclusive support to families and friends of young people aged 12 to 25, helping them build the knowledge and skills needed to promote mental wellbeing and resilience. You’ll deliver individual and group supports, offer guidance on navigating digital resources, and foster connections to other services, all while acting as a positive and empathetic role model.

Working in the vibrant regional centre of Hamilton, Victoria, this role is also an opportunity to champion family-inclusive practices across our multidisciplinary team, establish family reference groups, and represent the voice of families and friends in our broader network. With a focus on collaboration, advocacy, and community engagement, this position is perfect for someone who wants to inspire early help-seeking and contribute to innovative mental health support for young people and their loved ones.

If you’re looking to turn your lived experience into a role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Do your skills include:

• Lived experience as a family member or friend who has supported a young person through their recovery journey, including mental health, physical health, alcohol and other drugs and/or work and study
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with a diverse range of people, families and stakeholders
• A broad understanding of the differing perspectives of the impact of mental health difficulties on families and friends.
• An interest and passion in the mental health and well-being of young people and their family and friends

Are your credentials:

Essential

• Relevant qualifications (minimum Diploma level) in Peer Work, Health Promotion, Social Work, Psychology, Youth Work or equivalent and ability to undertake further training.
• A current Drivers Licence.

About Brophy (headspace Lead Agency):

Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want. At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 170 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.

At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community. Brophy’s headspace services are growing across the region – from our Warrnambool services now in operation for almost 15 years; we also provide a satellite service in Portland and are now working to establish a new headspace centre in Hamilton.

Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:

Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities. Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.

For more information please get in touch with Robyn Lyons - Senior Mental Health Clinician on 03 5570 7130

Applications NOW OPEN

We’re excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive. To give yourself the best opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process.

Please note that we are only able to consider candidates who have the right to work in Australia, and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.