Lived Experience Worker jobs in Sunshine Coast, QLD

Lived Experience Worker work in Sunshine Coast, QLD

Lived Experience Worker roles in Sunshine Coast, QLD sit within strong and growing demand across all disciplines. Private practice openings are plentiful. Community mental health, NDIS support, and youth mental health are particularly active. Competition with Brisbane means regional incentives are often on offer. 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.

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) delivers public mental health services across the region, including acute inpatient care at Sunshine Coast University Hospital in Birtinya, community mental health teams, and specialist services. The SCHHS mental health directorate covers a catchment from Caloundra to Gympie, serving a population that has grown by over 30 per cent in the past decade.

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 Sunshine Coast, QLD

• Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
• Sunshine Coast University Hospital
• headspace Maroochydore
• headspace Caloundra
• Sunshine Coast PHN
• Lives Lived Well
• UnitingCare Queensland
• Aftercare
• Mind Australia