Lived Experience Worker jobs in Tamworth, NSW

Lived Experience Worker work in Tamworth, NSW

Lived Experience Worker roles in Tamworth, NSW sit within consistent demand particularly in community mental health and rural outreach. Agricultural workforce mental health is a focus. NSW Health rural incentives available. AOD roles are active. 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.

Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) operates Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital and community mental health services across the New England and North West regions of NSW. The Tamworth mental health team serves as a hub for a vast geographic catchment, with outreach to smaller communities across the north-west slopes and plains.

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 Tamworth, NSW

• Hunter New England Local Health District
• Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
• headspace Tamworth
• Hunter New England and Central Coast PHN
• Uniting (NSW)
• Centrecare
• CatholicCare