Peer Support Specialist, Early Psychosis Specialist Mental Health Team
Fixed term until June 2026, Part time 0.6FTE
Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
Are you passionate about using your personal journey through mental health or addiction to uplift and empower others? Do you believe in the power of hope, recovery, and shared experience? If so, we want you to join our dedicated team as a Peer Support Specialist.
About the Role:
As a Peer Support Specialist, you'll draw on your own lived experience to support tangata whaiora (people seeking wellness) in their recovery journeys. You'll act as a recovery coach—offering hope, building trust, and walking alongside peers in their pursuit of wellbeing. Working within a community-based multi-disciplinary team, you'll build strong, respectful relationships and help peers reconnect with themselves, their culture, and their communities.
This position is fixed term and based at 7 Springs Road, East Tamaki.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide 1:1 peer support based on mutual respect and shared experience
- Role model hope, recovery, and self-determination
- Support peers in building resilience and accessing community resources
- Collaborate with whaanau, community networks, and clinical teams
- Advocate for equity, self-determination, and culturally safe care
- Document peer interactions using recovery-oriented language
- Support or facilitate WRAP group or other EPIT group intervention
To be successful in this position, you will have the following training, skills, and attributes:
- Peer Support Specialist Certificate (CM Health approved), with level 4 Health & Wellbeing certificate (Peer Support)
- Completion of a Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) program or similar
- Ability to apply the Peer Support approach
- Understanding of recovery concepts, pathways, and values
- Personal lived experience of mental health or addiction
- Excellent verbal, written, and computer literacy skills
- Knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application to health
- A full, clean driver’s license (essential)
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to apply
To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online career’s portal. To review the position description, please click here.
For more information on this role, please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.
Job Number: CMH202515202
Applications Close: 28 July 2025