Create the career you want at headspace Hamilton as our Youth Peer Worker, where your lived experience amplifies young people’s voices and helps shape better mental health and wellbeing services through real co-design and connection.
- 11 Wellbeing Days pro-rata (to support worker well-being) in addition to Annual Leave
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
- Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
- Minimum $68,442.47 (pro-rata)
- Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter (Tuesday).
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing.
This isn’t your standard role, it’s your chance to turn lived experience into real impact.
As a Youth Peer Worker, you’ll be part of the our headspace Hamilton team, working alongside young people to shape the services, programs and spaces designed for them. You’ll bring a youth voice to the table, not as a token, but as a genuine driver of change.
You’ll design and run workshops, consultations, youth groups and events that actually land, creating spaces where young people can share ideas, build confidence and influence what happens next. You’ll also help develop content and resources that feel real, relevant and grounded in what young people say they need.
At its core, this role is about connection. You’ll work in a non-clinical, peer-based way, using your shared experience to build trust, reduce barriers, and support young people to engage with headspace and other services in a way that works for them.
You’ll also contribute behind the scenes by bringing youth perspectives into projects and service design, helping teams think differently and do better. Your voice will help shape how services evolve.
You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative team, with training, supervision and space to grow all while being trusted to bring your ideas, energy and perspective.
If you’re genuine, curious, open-minded, value connection, and want to use your voice and experience to create meaningful change, this ongoing part-time (0.8 EFT) role is where you can build a career that reflects who you are and what matters to you.
- Lived or learned experience of youth cohorts who often face marginalisation (including but not limited to, disabled, Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander, rural and regional, LGBTIQA+, multicultural, OOH care and youth justice young people).
- Experience working on a youth participation project with other young people. For example, leading or being part of a consultation or co-design project.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with peers and others such as colleagues, teachers or community leaders.
- Holding or working towards a qualification in: Diploma of Community Services will be highly regarded.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 150 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
Brophy’s headspace services are growing across the region – from our Warrnambool services now in operation for almost 15 years; we also provide a satellite service in Portland and are now working to establish a new headspace centre in Hamilton.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.
For more information please get in touch with Robyn Lyons – Senior Mental Health Clinician on 03 5570 7130
Applications NOW OPEN
We’re excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive. To give yourself the best opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process.
Please note that we are only able to consider candidates who have the right to work in Australia, and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.