Join the NEW Peach Tree Team on the Gold Coast & Make a Real Difference in the Lives of Parents

Permanent | Part-Time | 20-24 hours p/w

Peach Tree is entering an exciting period of growth and building teams in new sites across Queensland! We’re looking for perinatal mental health lived experience (peer) workers to support parents, partners and families during the pregnancy and early parenthood.

As a Peer Support Worker, you’ll have a unique opportunity to work with expecting/parents and families through the challenging and often isolating period of pregnancy and early parenthood. You’ll facilitate group programs, offering trauma-informed support in a non-judgmental and child friendly space where parents can feel heard, understood and find important information and help to focus on their health and wellbeing.

This is a permanent part-time (20-24 hours p/w) opportunity, with an hourly rate of $38.65 + superannuation. We know flexibility matters, so we’re offering several part-time roles with the option to tailor hours during the Monday-Friday work week to suit your lifestyle and commitments. There may occasionally be evening or Saturday work, but this will be the exception rather than the rule.

Why This Role is Unique

• Lived Experience Matters: At Peach Tree, lived experience is not just valued, it shapes everything we do. Your lived experience will be applied in a professional capacity to support others.
• Flexibility & Support: We understand the needs of parents. This role offers flexible, part-time hours, with occasional evening or weekend shifts. Peach Tree offers training and professional development opportunities, as well as salary sacrificing.
• New role: Be a part of Peach Tree’s exciting growth, establishing brand new peer-led services in the region.

What You’ll Do

• Facilitate specialised groups and programs focusing on mental health and wellbeing and parenting
• Welcome people into our service with warmth and offer empathy and kindness, ensuring our community members feel respected and included.
• Create empowering environments for expecting/parents to navigate their own healing journey, providing information and offering supportive pathways for healing.
• Demonstrating a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality with people’s stories, experiences and personal information
• Discuss information and services that are available for parents and work with the team to reduce barriers to service engagement.
• Keep accurate records of service data and complete administrative tasks as required.

What We’re Looking For

• Lived experience of perinatal mental health challenges, accompanied with service use experiences and personal healing
• Training in Trauma-Informed Care or Peer Support is highly desirable. However, a strong commitment to learning and engaging in training and mentorship is essential
• Strong communication, empathy, and relationship-building skills
• A solutions-focused mindset with the ability to approach challenges with initiative and resolve problems with courage and conviction.
• Optimism and encouraging to those around them, contributing to positive workplace culture
• Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) (or willingness to obtain) and Whooping Cough vaccinations

As we build and grow new teams, there may be opportunities to step into more senior Peer Worker roles. You don’t need previous experience in peer work to get started - what matters most is your perinatal mental health lived experience and willingness to use this knowledge and wisdom to support others. However, if you do have relevant prior experience, it will be highly regarded for more advanced roles.

We encourage applications from individuals who are passionate about supporting parents and families, even if you don’t meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives, and are committed to our employees’ professional growth.

How to Apply

Ready to make a difference? Apply now by submitting your resume and a brief cover letter explaining why you think you are suitable for the role.

Applications close on Monday 14th July, but we’ll be shortlisting on a rolling basis.

This is a designated Lived Experience role; under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the Regional Leaders to have identified lived experience of perinatal mental health challenge(s). This role is classified as Social and community services employee Level 3 under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100).

Peach Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including people of all genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ individuals, and those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.