Senior Peer Worker

About the Opportunity

This Senior Peer Worker position sits within the Check-In Community Mental Health program at FYS in Melbourne’s CBD. As part of a multidisciplinary Allied Health team, the role draws on lived experience of mental health and AOD needs, including other co-occurring needs (e.g. homelessness, family violence etc) to build authentic relationships with young people aged 12–25. The aim is to foster safety, trust, and hope, and to support young people in achieving their mental health and social goals.

In addition to direct peer support, this role contributes to service development by embedding lived experience perspectives within a collaborative, recovery-oriented practice framework. The Senior Peer Worker will provide secondary consultation, reflective practice, and mentoring to other Peer Workers, and will play an active role in workforce development initiatives, as well as contributing to implementation and ongoing development of the Check-In program. This is an opportunity to lead by example, sharing your insights and shaping how lived experience is valued and integrated across the service.

MCM offers a supportive work environment with regular supervision (including options for external peer-specific supervision), a comprehensive induction process, and ongoing professional development opportunities.

About you

We are looking for someone who can:

• provide day-to-day practice support, reflective one-on-one supervision, group reflective supervision and informal debriefing to six Peer Workers across Frontyard Youth Services as it aligns with the values and principles of the Healing Oriented Framework.
• facilitate professional developmental plans that include career trajectory for the Peer Workforce.
• utilise secondary consultation and EAP mechanisms to ensure a high standard of professional care and wellbeing is provided to the Peer Workforce team.

• coordinate capacity of the Peer Workforce team across Frontyard to deliver Intentional Peer Support led services to young people.

Benefits of working with MCM include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

Essential:

• Formal training in Peer Work (e.g. Intentional Peer Support/SHARC Peer Worker Training), a qualification in Homelessness, Mental Health/AOD or Youthwork or previous experience (minimum 4 years) working in the lived experience community support services sector.
• Experience in a leadership or senior peer role, which includes providing supervision, mentoring or Demonstrated ability to lead, guide, supervise and support Peer Workers in providing intentional peer support to people with complex needs, and an understanding of the role boundaries, ethics and responsibilities involved.
• Superior organisational, time management, interpersonal and written skills, including development of client files and reporting mechanisms

• Ability to work both autonomously and in a team environment

• Demonstrated lived experience of mental health and/or AOD issues/homelessness and other co-occurring needs, as well as accessing the service system/s, preferably in Victoria.

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and provide secondary consultation or service development input that reflects lived experience perspectives.

Screening Criteria:

• National Police check
• Working with Children check
• Valid Victorian Drivers license
• Right to Work in Australia

Applications for this role will close on 2 November 2025 or Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early.  Please include your current resume and cover letter.
Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.  If you have any needs throughout the recruitment process that have not already been catered for, we encourage you to contact recruitment@mcm.org.au to let us know how we can better support you to apply.

About MCM

MCM is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to safety. MCM embraces differences because we know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain talented people. 
We are a leading not-for profit-for-purpose organisation that offer a broad range of services in Disability, Homelessness, Palliative Care and Education.

Our commitment to Safety

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

Our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Equity of Access

At MCM we embrace our differences because we know that diversity helps us to innovate and make the biggest impact possible. Our DEI Strategy supports and drives an inclusive workplace culture. We embrace the learning opportunities that come with authentic commitment to equity of access for all. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.