Suicide Prevention Peer Worker - Lived Experience | Warmline (Part-Time, 20 hours/week)

• Turn your recovery journey into a beacon of hope for others
• Use your lived experience to provide meaningful connection and support
• Make a real impact in a purpose-driven, peer-led suicide prevention service

About Suicide Prevention Warmline

The Warmline is a free, peer-led phone support service for people experiencing distress, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, or bereavement. It offers emotional support and genuine connection from someone who gets it - someone who's been there.

As a non-crisis, non-clinical service, Warmline provides a safe space where people can speak with a trained peer worker who uses their own lived experience to offer empathy, hope, and understanding.

Whether a person is in distress, grieving, or navigating life with suicidality, Warmline meets them where they are. Support is available seven days a week, including evenings and weekends, with the option of one-off or ongoing scheduled calls.

About the Role

You will provide compassionate, phone-based support to people seeking connection and understanding. Your own recovery journey and lived experience will be at the heart of the work - offering participants a space where they feel validated, safe, heard, and respected.

Key responsibilities:

• Responding to initial call and conducting scheduled support calls
• Holding non-judgmental, peer-based conversations that support to validate and empower participants
• Supporting participants to develop personalised coping strategies and safety plans
• Exploring distress, identifying strengths, and promoting wellbeing through shared experience
• Working closely with the Suicide Prevention Team Leader to ensure participants are matched and supported appropriately

Shift Details

This is a part-time position (20 hours/week), with the following hours:

• Monday to Wednesday: 1:30pm - 7:00pm
• Saturday: 10:00am - 3:30pm (penalty rates apply)

This is an office-based role and can be in Gympie, Rockhampton, Emerald, or Hervey Bay.

About you

You are someone with the ability to connect deeply and authentically through shared experience. You believe in the power of hope and recovery, and you want to help others find their way through difficult times.

You'll bring:

• Lived experience of suicidality or suicide bereavement, and a personal recovery journey
• A compassionate, non-judgmental approach and strong communication skills
• Confidence in building rapport and holding meaningful conversations
• A willingness to support others in safety planning and navigating support pathways

Requirements:

• The right to work in Australia
• Current Driver's Licence and ability to travel if required
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate - Free online course
• National Police Records Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card in QLD)
• Desirable - Certificate IV in Mental Health, Mental Health Peer Work, or equivalent experience in community or mental health services

What We Offer You

• A purpose-driven, inclusive, and supportive workplace
• Access to salary packaging (up to $15,899 per year) to boost your take-home pay
• Meal and entertainment allowance (up to $2,650 per year)
• 17.5% leave loading on annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Regular supervision
• A workplace that values diversity, lived experience, and peer connection

How to Apply

We'd love to hear your story!

Please submit your resume AND cover letter outlining your lived experience and why you're passionate about supporting others through their recovery journey.

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Nicola Griggs at [email protected]

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