Peer Support Worker

About Us:

Were leaders in mental health service delivery specialising in working with adults and young people and in early childhood intervention.

Stride is a name that expresses our ambition its a name thats purposeful and shows awareness of the important role we play in the recovery journey.

As we embark on the next stage of our journey join us to make a difference. Were here to Stride.

About the service:

The Medicare Mental Health Centre service model is tailored to the needs of the local community and offers a combination of peer-led recovery and clinical support to provide a safe welcoming and supportive environment for people experiencing psychological distress. Allowing low risk individuals to identify alternatives to presenting to the Emergency Department and gaining access support from trained mental health professional within their community outside a clinical setting.

On offer:

• Based in Parramatta NSW
• Permanent full-time opportunity available
• Hours of work: 9am to 5pm and/or 1:30pm to 9:30pm Monday to Friday
• Paying on SCHADs level 3 plus Super
• Salary Packaging options (up to $15899 tax free!)
• Meals and entertainment allowance of up to $2650!
• Leave loading at 17.5%
• Stride Rewards access to discounts from 100s of retailers (fashion food and fitness)
• One paid wellbeing leave day per year
• Purchase up to 5 additional leave days in a 12-month period (pro rata entitlement if part-time)
• Paid parental leave support
• Supportive team environment
• Excellent training and career development

Role Overview:

• Mentor and support consumers in a person-led strengths focused and recovery-oriented way to support hope and promote resilience and who models the possibility and longevity of recovery;
• Build respectful professional and appropriate relationships with consumers based around conversations which draw from personal experiences and emotions to support people in their journey of recovery;
• Inform and contribute to employees learning and service understanding and advocate on systemic issues impacting people living with mental health issues.

Requirements:

• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or a willingness to complete
• Ability to work across various shift times
• Lived experience of your own mental illness and a rich understanding of your own processes of recovery and proactivity in managingwellbeing
• A willingness to purposefully use your own story to help others further their own understanding of recovery
• Ability to foster and maintain respectful professional relationships with consumers staff and organisations
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and work independently
• Computer literacy
• Must be eligible to apply/currently hold a WWCC
• Must hold/be willing to apply for NDIS worker screening clearance
• Current drivers licence

Stride is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Stride must undergo required screening processes prior to their successful appointment.

Stride is an inclusive workplace and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds in order to enhance the depth of cultural diversity and insight within our workforce.

This includes but is not limited to people with a lived-experience of mental healthrecoveryAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds LGBTQIA and people with disabilities.

Apply now!

To apply complete the online application form attach a copy of your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the available role.

Closing date for applications:Applications will be viewed and actioned upon receipt with a finalclosing dateof 05 June 2026.

Please note the closing date may end sooner if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For any queries please email