Peer Support Worker - Blue Mountains Assertive Community Treatment Team

Employment Type

Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications

Health Education Officer Non Graduate: $31.51 - $45.57 per hour
Health Education Officer Graduate: $36.04 - $57.58 per hour

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, 

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed 
and develop in your chosen career role. 

About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region. 

Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital is an acute hospital that supports a population of approximately 80,000 and is the only ANZAC Memorial hospital remaining in NSW. Easily accessible to Sydney residents, our team of clinicians, allied health, and support staff works with the community on a shared goal to maintain the delivery of high-quality healthcare in the Blue Mountains region. 

The successful incumbent will use their lived experience of mental health in a purposeful way that provides hope and practical strategies that support recovery for consumers engaged with the Blue Mountains Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT). The Blue Mountains ACTT provides a range of clinical and psychosocial interventions for consumers with severe and persistent mental illness and complex needs who require an enhanced level of support to sustain community living.

This role will support consumers across four main areas developing good physical and mental health, access to housing, employment and education, re-discovering a sense of purpose and personal identity and forming active connections to the community of the consumers' choice.

Peer Support Workers work with individuals and groups, are always person-led, and provide support contingent on peer choice and will work within the model of care for the team they work in. If you are ready for the next step in your career, learn more and Apply Today!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees 

·         Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging 

·         Novated Leasing 

·         Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year 

·         Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members 

·         Fitness Passport 

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age. 

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards. 

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.