Job Description:

Role title: Homeless Outreach Peer Support Worker 

Role type: Max Term, Part time 24hrs per week (until 30 June 2026 with the possibility to extend)

Role grade: Health Education Officer Non-Graduate/Graduate (Year 1-9/Year 1-11)

Department and location: Homeless Health Service, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst

Salary: Non-Graduate: $64,985.00 - $93,974.00 / Graduate: $74,326.00 - $118,754.00 (Pro-rata) + Super + Salary Packaging

Better and fairer care.  Always.

We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. 

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs. 

About the role

• The After-Hours Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) offers low barrier healthcare and support to people experiencing homelessness outside usual business hours, improving access to care when fewer services are available

• The Peer Support Worker (PSW) is a member of HOT and provides peer led support to clients utilising a strength based, trauma informed framework, meeting people where they are at, and offering care wherever they are

• The role requires resilience, flexibility and a persistent, consistent approach, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in dynamic outreach settings

• The role also involves working in partnership with a range of services — including Specialist Homelessness Services, GPs, Homes NSW, local council and other providers — to support people to access healthcare, housing, and support services of their choice

• You will also contribute lived and/or living experience and expertise to HHS research and HHS policies and procedures, strengthening the service and improving outcomes for people and communities experiencing homelessness

About you

• Current unrestricted NSW Drivers License

• Lived or living experience of homelessness

• Demonstrated understanding of the impact of homelessness on health, and the barriers people may face when accessing healthcare

• Demonstrated ability to provide strengths-based, culturally safe, and trauma-informed support, and to assist people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to access health services of their choice

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team and with internal and external stakeholders

Why work at St Vincent’s?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program.  Make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health 

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 20th April 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
 

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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