• Permanent | Part Time (4 days/week)
• Location: Keswick SA 5035
• Salary - $38.23/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging benefit
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of young Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia
When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your Opportunity
This role is designed for someone with lived experience. Maybe you've walked your own path through alcohol and other drug use, mental health challenges, or both-and come out the other side with insight, empathy, and a desire to support others.

As an Intake Support Peer Worker in our Coexisting Illness team, you'll use that experience to support people aged 26+ as they take their own first steps into recovery. You'll help make our services feel safer, more relatable, and more human.

You don't need formal qualifications to start-we'll support you to complete a fully funded Certificate IV in Peer Work, opening up an incredibly meaningful career path.

What You'll Do

• Be a compassionate, authentic presence for people entering the service
• Help with intake, screening, and group activities-making the process feel less clinical and more human
• Offer brief interventions and harm-reduction support
• Draw on your lived experience to foster trust and hope
• Build real, respectful relationships with clients and team members
• Advocate with and for clients-ensuring their voice shapes their care
• Take part in regular supervision and reflective practice
• Contribute ideas to improve our programs from the peer perspective

What You'll Bring

• Your own lived experience of AOD and/or mental health recovery
• A strong belief in people's ability to change, grow, and recover
• Openness to learning-especially if you're just beginning your peer work journey
• A willingness to complete a Certificate IV in Peer Work (we'll fund it!)
• An understanding of recovery and peer work principles and values
• A commitment to safe boundaries, self-care, and insight into your own story
• The ability to build trust through compassion, honesty, and humility
• A current driver's licence

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Your benefits

• Rewarding work - every day you know you're making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture
Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you're skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at [email protected]

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.

How to apply

Click 'Apply' and send your application today!

As a committed Circle Back Initiative employer, we will respond to your application.

Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you.