Peer Mentor - Youth Trauma Recovery

About the role

HumanKapital is recruiting a full-time Peer Mentor in Rockhampton for its client, Australia's leading peer-led youth trauma recovery organisation that supports at-risk youth aged 8-17. The role is fixed-term until 30 September 2029. The Peer Mentor uses their own lived experience of risk-taking behaviour, crime and/or the justice system to mentor young people showing early criminal or anti-social patterns, with the aim of diverting them from the criminal justice system.

The Peer Mentor works alongside Case Workers, assisting about 10 young people at a time, with some overlap between groups, through an 18-week program. Availability is needed outside normal business hours and on weekends, including 12 weekend workshops over 12 months.

Key responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one individual support to young people
• Attend 2-day and 3-day intensive weekend workshops
• Attend network meetings with young people's families and extended networks
• Attend support groups with groups of young people
• Build relationships with families and extended networks
• Engage with external support agencies and wider community organisations

Required profile

• Lived experience of risk-taking behaviour, crime and/or the justice system
• Certificate III in a human services field or equivalent experience, and demonstrated experience in a similar role
• Willingness to use your own story to help others, and to apply trauma-informed, culturally safe and open-dialogue practice
• Queensland Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and National Police Record Check
• Current valid Queensland driver's licence, Australian working rights, and willingness to obtain a First Aid certificate

Required skills

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Knowledge of community engagement practices
• Ability to build relationships while maintaining boundaries
• Ability to engage with people from a range of social and cultural backgrounds

What we offer

• Salary packaging to maximise take-home pay
• Fully maintained company car
• Professional development opportunities