Peer Support Worker jobs in Brisbane, QLD

Peer Support Worker work in Brisbane, QLD

Peer Support Worker roles in Brisbane, QLD sit within strong demand driven by population growth and NDIS expansion. Outer metropolitan areas (Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay) have particularly high need and active recruitment. 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.

Queensland Health operates mental health services through its Hospital and Health Services (HHSs), with Metro North HHS and Metro South HHS covering the greater Brisbane metropolitan area. Both operate large community mental health services, acute inpatient units, and specialist services across disciplines. Queensland has also invested significantly in peer support and lived experience roles in recent years.

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 Brisbane, QLD

• Queensland Health
• Metro North HHS
• Metro South HHS
• Lives Lived Well
• Micah Projects
• Wesley Mission Queensland
• headspace
• EACH
• Richmond Fellowship Queensland