About KWY:
KWY is a leading Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation in South Australia, committed to Creating a Space for Change for Aboriginal families and communities.
Since 2011, KWY has worked to break the cycle of domestic violence, promote safety for women and children, and reduce Aboriginal children in the child protection system through a specialised suite of programs focused on empowering families through culturally grounded support and healing.
Supporting over 1,800 families annually and growing, KWY offers a dynamic and values-driven work environment where your contributions make a real impact. Join our inclusive, collaborative team and help drive meaningful change.
About Kids Hub:
Kids Hub consortium is a collaborative partnership of agencies that jointly govern and deliver Head to Health (H2H) Kids Hub services across Northern and Southern Adelaide. The consortium shares responsibility for governance, funding, clinical and cultural leadership, evaluation, and community engagement to provide equitable, accessible, and culturally responsive mental health and
wellbeing services for children aged 0–12 years and their families.
Kids Hub provides early intervention mental health and wellbeing support for children (0–12 years) and their families. Delivered by multidisciplinary teams, the service offers culturally safe, family-centred care through individual and group-based therapeutic programs. The aim is to improve mental health and social and emotional wellbeing outcomes, reducing the need for acute care.
About the position:
The Peer Support Worker at Kids Hub will use their personal and shared experiences of supporting someone through mental health challenges and recovery to connect with children, young people,
and families accessing the Head to Health Kids Hub. This role is grounded in a strengths-based, recovery-oriented approach, serving as a positive role model for individuals navigating mental health difficulties. Working collaboratively with Kids Hub staff and consortium partners, the Peer Support Worker will contribute to the delivery of holistic, person-centred care. (1 year contract)
Drawing on lived experience of mental health challenges, the Peer Support Worker will:
Key Responsibilities:
As a Peer Support Worker, you will provide compassionate, one-on-one support to parents and caregivers accessing the hub. Drawing on your lived experience, you will offer empathy, reassurance, and practical strategies to help families feel understood and empowered. You will assist families in identifying their strengths, setting goals, and planning next steps, while also supporting children to engage in group activities or play-based programs where appropriate. Your role is central to fostering connection, confidence, and positive outcomes for families within the community.
About you:
We are seeking a dedicated and empathetic Peer Support Worker to join our Kids Hub Program. The successful applicant will have experience co-facilitating parent groups, playgroups, and workshops that build skills in emotional regulation, parenting confidence, and strengthening parent-child connections. You will create a safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental environment for families, while
supporting them to understand and access services such as health, early intervention, mental health, and community programs. The role requires the ability to advocate for family needs and promote early help-seeking to reduce stigma around support services. You will work collaboratively with educators, social workers, allied health professionals, and community partners to ensure families receive holistic, coordinated support. Please refer to Job description for further details.
What we offer:
Job requirements:
About applying:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
