Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

• Build connection through lived experience, cultural knowledge and community relationships
• SCHADS 3.3 ($40.62 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging benefits)
• Full time opportunity until June 2026, based in Rockhampton/Gympie/Hervey Bay/Emerald

About the program

We are seeking an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peer Coordinator to lead a culturally grounded, community-connected approach to suicide prevention within the TRISP program. This identified role values lived experience, cultural authority and strong community connections as essential to providing safe, meaningful and strengths-based support.

The Identified TRISP Suicide Prevention Peer Coordinator will focus on building connection, cultural safety and coordinated support for people experiencing distress. This role strengthens and integrates community responses to distress and suicidality by expanding referral pathways, promoting education and training and supporting culturally grounded, community-led approaches to safety and wellbeing.

About the opportunity

As the Peer Coordinator, you will draw on your own lived experience of suicide distress, loss or recovery as well as your cultural knowledge with an understanding of local protocols, ways of knowing, being and doing.

You will help create culturally safe, welcoming pathways for community to engage, while supporting a peer-led model that is trauma-informed, non-clinical and centred on hope, self-determination and recovery.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• Bring a lived experience of suicide distress, bereavement or recovery and is ready to use this safely and purposefully in this peer role
• You will hold cultural knowledge, cultural authority or community connection relevant to supporting local people
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage across diverse community settings
• Passionate about elevating cultural strengths, community leadership and holistic approaches to wellbeing

Pre-employment requirements:

• Desirable: Relevant qualifications or experience in working in the mental health or community services sector, generally Certificate IV qualification (Health/Mental Health, &/OR Diploma/Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work) 
• Lived experience of suicidality or suicide bereavement
• Right to work within Australia
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate – free online course
• National Police Records Check
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children's Check

What we will offer you…

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• Paid Cultural Leave
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

We would love to learn about you and your own journey so please submit a cover letter outlining your relevant lived experience and resume.

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Nicki Griggs at ngriggs@wellways.org

To view the full Position Description and submit your cover letter and application, click APPLY

We encourage early applications as interviews will begin prior to advertising closing date.

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment

Job Description Summary

Full time short term identified role using lived experience to deliver culturally safe, peer-led suicide prevention & strengthen community support pathways.

Culture

We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

How to Apply

Applications Close

16/12/2025