Family Peer Specialist - CYMHS

Job Summary

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research, and education. It is the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, offering a full range of ambulatory, inpatient, and community‑based services. On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will merge with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a new health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians.

• Permanent, part‑time (0.6 EFT)
• Based in Moorabbin with some travel required between locations
• Salary range: $45k – $49k
• Lived experience as a carer of a child essential
• Great staff benefits, 5 weeks annual leave & salary packaging

At Alfred ICYAMHWS (Infant, Child, Youth, Area Mental Health & Wellbeing Service), our Family/Carer Peer Workers are known as Family Peer Specialists. As one of our Family Peer Specialists, you will draw from your own lived experience to offer support, either face‑to‑face or over the telephone, to families, carers and supporters of children aged 0‑11 attending Alfred ICYAMHWS. The role is established across the 0‑11 teams covering the Bayside geographical area.

You will be part of a supportive interdisciplinary team reporting to the Manager Family / Carer Lived Experience Program – ICYAMHWS.

• Lived experience as a carer, family member, kin or supporter of a child with mental health issues (essential)
• Interest in supporting others who are supporting their children; prior direct family/carer lived experience role is an advantage
• Strong multitasking and time‑management skills
• Valid Victorian Working with Children Check, current Victorian Driver’s Licence, willingness to undergo a background police check, and Australian working rights

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Flexible health insurance coverage through HCF Health Insurance
• Discounted gym membership (Fitness Passport)
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular supervision
• Located close to public transport and cafés

Contact Wendy McCulloch, Manager Family/Carer Peer Program, by phone:  or email: we.mcculloch.au. Applications close 11 pm AEDT, Sunday 18 January 2026. If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or an alternative format to any of the application materials, please let the contact person know.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds. In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

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