Peer Support Worker jobs in Toowoomba, QLD

Peer Support Worker work in Toowoomba, QLD

Peer Support Worker roles in Toowoomba, QLD sit within steady demand across clinical and community roles. Rural outreach positions are consistently available. Agricultural and mining workforce mental health, AOD, and youth mental health are active areas. 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.

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (DDHHS) provides public mental health services across South West Queensland, including inpatient care at Toowoomba Hospital, community mental health teams, and acute crisis services. The DDHHS catchment is geographically vast, extending to remote communities in South West Queensland, and includes significant rural outreach 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 Toowoomba, QLD

• Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
• Toowoomba Hospital
• headspace Toowoomba
• Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
• Lives Lived Well
• UnitingCare Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland