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• Central Adelaide Local Health Network
• Mental Health Services, Woodville
• Salary OPS2 $58,709 to $63,154 p.a. + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Multiple permanent full-time and part-time positions  

Exciting career opportunity in mental health rehabilitation!

We’re looking for health professionals to join us as we open a new, state-of-the-art Mental Health Rehabilitation Service (MHRS) at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH).

This is your chance to be part of a new patient focussed service that prioritises recovery and the delivery of best-practice, trauma-informed care in a brand new 24-bed building. If you’re passionate about being part of a safe and connected organisation and looking for a rewarding career in mental health, apply today!

About the role

As a Peer Specialist, you’ll use your lived experience to support consumers on their recovery journey, providing hope, encouragement, and practical guidance. Working alongside clinical and non-clinical staff, you’ll help foster independence, social inclusion, and empowerment. Operating within a trauma-informed framework, you’ll share recovery strategies, serve as a role model, and contribute to service planning, helping consumers build confidence and achieve their rehabilitation goals.

For more information about the role, and essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required, please refer to the role description.

About you

As a Peer Specialist you will be passionate about using your lived experience to support others on their mental health recovery journey. You will bring strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to person-centred care. To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Lived Experience & Understanding: Personal experience of living with a mental health condition and an understanding of the challenges consumers face in maintaining health, lifestyle, and employment.
• Skills & Abilities: The ability to share recovery strategies, role model positive mental and physical health practices, and communicate effectively with consumers, carers, and service providers.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Experience working in group settings, engaging in supervision, and contributing to a multidisciplinary team in a supportive and respectful manner.
• Knowledge & Approach: A solid understanding of recovery principles, trauma-informed care, and strengths-based practice, with the ability to apply these in a non-clinical, peer-led framework.

If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and be part of a supportive team, we encourage you to apply today!

About CALHN

At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we’re shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation. As South Australia’s largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people.

With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it’s expected, but because our values guide us to be our best. Join us and be part of a team that’s driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.

Find out more about our stories, our network, and the opportunities to be part of CALHN.

Benefit of joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

• Salary attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
• Annual leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation each year.
• Flexible work arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Health and fitness benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
• Career opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Professional development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.

Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

CALHN is an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Application information:

• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref: 899350

Enquiries to:

Karol Wills, Allied Health Executive Assistant

Phone: 70871000

E-mail: karol.wills@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 27^th June 2025

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information

 899350 RD Peer Specialist -TQEH 24 Bed IMHRU OPS2.pdf

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