About the Peer CARE Companion in Community Project

‘Peer CARE Companion in Community’ provides a ‘golden thread’ of trained and supported community members with lived experience of suicide known as Peer CARE Companions. The volunteer-based service strengthens the existing network of suicide prevention services including aftercare, postvention and safe spaces, and address service and support gaps in community by providing ‘light touch’ peer support and connection.

About the role

This is an exciting new opportunity in the expansion of our Peer CARE Companion Services into Queensland. Reporting to the Head of Peer CARE Companion Services, the Peer CARE Companion Regional Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, administration and delivery of Peer CARE Companion in Community services within the Cairns region, including supporting regionally based Peer CARE Companions who also volunteer on the Peer CARE Companion Warmline.

This role is responsible for ensuring best practice service delivery processes are implemented and maintained in collaboration with the Head of Peer CARE Companion, Peer CARE Companion State Coordinator, the broader Peer CARE Companion team.

Some essentials:

  • A lived experience of suicide and an understanding of the impact it has on families, workplaces, friends, and communities.
  • Previous experience in service delivery in a peer setting or in a similar role.
  • Sophisticated interpersonal skills, including the ability to sit comfortably with people who are distressed and have open conversations about suicide and listen with intent.
  • Experience in managing competing priorities, complex tasks and coordinating activities.
  • High-level written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate and liaise effectively and sensitively at all levels, both internally and externally.
  • Demonstrated capacity to maintain confidentiality and professional standards of behaviour in difficult and sensitive circumstances.

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