Peer Support Worker jobs in Kalgoorlie, WA

Peer Support Worker work in Kalgoorlie, WA

Peer Support Worker roles in Kalgoorlie, WA sit within persistent and significant workforce shortages. WA Health remote area incentives and allowances apply. Mining and FIFO workforce mental health is a primary service need. Cultural competency for Aboriginal communities is essential. 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.

WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Goldfields Region delivers public mental health services from Kalgoorlie Health Campus, including inpatient mental health care and community mental health teams. The WACHS Goldfields catchment is geographically enormous, extending across the Goldfields-Esperance region and requiring significant outreach and remote service delivery.

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 Kalgoorlie, WA

• WA Country Health Service Goldfields Region
• Kalgoorlie Health Campus
• WA Primary Health Alliance
• Goldfields Aboriginal Health Council
• Uniting WA
• Anglicare WA