Peer Support Worker jobs in Albury, NSW

Peer Support Worker work in Albury, NSW

Peer Support Worker roles in Albury, NSW sit within good demand for community mental health, nursing, and allied health roles. Cross-border experience is valued. Specialist roles (psychiatry, clinical psychology) are harder to fill. Murray PHN commissions services across both states. peer support worker positions are found across public health services, community organisations, and private practice in the region.

Peer Support Workers occupy a unique and valued role in the mental health sector — their personal experience of mental illness and recovery is the core qualification for the role. They provide one-to-one and group support, model recovery, share coping strategies, and help people navigate the mental health system from a position of genuine empathy.

Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) operates as a cross-border integrated health service, delivering public mental health services on both sides of the Murray River. Mental health inpatient and community services are provided across Albury Base Hospital (NSW) and Wodonga Hospital (VIC), with community mental health teams serving the broader regional catchment.

Qualifications typically required

• Lived experience of mental illness and recovery (essential)
• Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (or equivalent)
• NDIS Worker Screening Check for community roles
• Working with Children Check where applicable

Key employers in Albury, NSW

• Albury Wodonga Health
• Albury Base Hospital
• headspace Albury
• Murray PHN
• EACH
• Mind Australia
• Uniting (NSW)
• Border Care