Lived Experience Worker jobs in Coffs Harbour, NSW

Lived Experience Worker work in Coffs Harbour, NSW

Lived Experience Worker roles in Coffs Harbour, NSW sit within consistent demand across clinical and community roles. AOD, complex presentations, and NDIS support are active areas. Private practice is growing. North Coast PHN commissions across the area. lived experience worker positions are found across public health services, community organisations, and private practice in the region.

The lived experience workforce in Australia encompasses both consumer and carer perspectives. Consumer Lived Experience Workers draw on their own experience of mental illness; Carer Lived Experience Workers draw on their experience supporting a family member or friend. Both roles bring perspectives that are impossible to replicate through clinical training alone.

Mid North Coast Local Health District provides public mental health care across Coffs Harbour and the surrounding area, with Coffs Harbour Health Campus as the main acute facility. Community mental health teams operate from Coffs Harbour and satellite sites across the Coffs Coast.

Qualifications typically required

• Lived experience of mental illness (consumer) or caring (carer) — essential
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or equivalent
• Understanding of the mental health system and consumer rights
• NDIS Worker Screening Check where applicable

Key employers in Coffs Harbour, NSW

• Mid North Coast Local Health District
• Coffs Harbour Health Campus
• headspace Coffs Harbour
• North Coast PHN
• Uniting (NSW)
• Mission Australia
• Flourish Australia