Peer Support Worker jobs in Wagga Wagga, NSW

Peer Support Worker work in Wagga Wagga, NSW

Peer Support Worker roles in Wagga Wagga, NSW sit within persistent demand across clinical and community roles. Agricultural workforce and rural mental health are distinct service priorities. NSW Health rural incentives apply. NDIS sector is growing across the region. 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.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) delivers public mental health services across a huge geographic area in south-west NSW, with Wagga Wagga Base Hospital as the primary acute facility and community mental health teams based across the region. The MLHD catchment includes Wagga Wagga, Griffith, Leeton, Deniliquin, and dozens of smaller towns and communities.

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 Wagga Wagga, NSW

• Murrumbidgee Local Health District
• Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
• headspace Wagga Wagga
• Murrumbidgee PHN
• Uniting (NSW)
• Catholic Care
• EACH
• Charles Sturt University