So many lives. So many ways. One you.

50,000 lives and counting.

That’s how many South Australians our people support each year.

As one of the state’s leading not-for-profits, we’re making a meaningful impact at scale. From foster care to aged care and everything in between, our services are as diverse as the people and communities we serve - and we’re growing our reach for the future.

It takes a special kind of person to work in this sector. Someone with real compassion and care. Could that person be you?

Join us as a Lived Experience Practice Lead, and be part of something bigger.

What you’ll do

As the Lived Experience Practice Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening our suicide prevention services through the meaningful integration of lived and living experiences perspectives. Working within the Universal Aftercare Program, you will use your own lived experience of suicidal distress, recovery, or supporting someone through suicidality to support participants, guide service delivery, and champion recovery oriented, trauma-informed practice.

This is a unique opportunity to combine peer practice, leadership, and service improvement. You will work alongside case managers to support participants through outreach and engagement, provide professional leadership and supervision to peer workers, and contribute to service design and clinical decision making processes. Through your work, you will help ensure our services remain safe, responsive, person centered and grounded in lived experience expertise.

This position is based at Hindmarsh, 0.8FTE - 1FTE, on a fixed-term contract until 30th June 2027.

You’ll be trusted to make a valuable impact by:

● Working alongside case managers to support participants and provide lived experience informed guidance on service delivery and engagement strategies.

● Providing leadership, mentoring, and reflective supervision to peer workers, fostering safe and effective peer practice.

● Contributing to referral discussions, assessing participant needs, vulnerability, and service suitability within the program.

● Championing trauma-informed, recovery-focused, and culturally safe approaches across the service.

● Supporting continuous improvement initiatives by embedding lived experience perspectives into service design and practice.

What you’ll bring

To thrive in this role, you will have:

● Personal lived or living experience of suicidal distress, recovery, or supporting someone through suicidal distress, with the ability to use your experience purposefully, safely, and professionally.

● A Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (essential).

● Demonstrated experience working within peer practice, mental health, suicide prevention, or community services settings.

● Strong communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

We would also love you to have:

● Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) or similar suicide prevention training.

● Experience providing mentoring, supervision, or leadership support to peer workers or lived experience practitioners.

Why AnglicareSA?

Your contribution here matters. We want you to see your impact every day, and we want you to feel valued for it.

Here’s what you can expect in your career at AnglicareSA:

● So many lives, right here in SA: Our ripple effect starts with you. Whatever your role, you’ll help find a way forward for the communities you live in and care about. That’s something to be proud of.

● So many ways, for our clients and you: We support those in need in so many ways. For you, that means real opportunity to gain new knowledge and experiences and to explore the many pathways a career in our sector can take.

● So much compassion, and a place to belong: At AnglicareSA, you’ll never feel alone. You’ll lean on and learn from genuine people driven to do good, and you’ll build relationships that last a lifetime.

More to enjoy:

● Make your pay go further with salary packaging options, including novated leasing, plus savings on health insurance, motor vehicles, opticians, pharmacy and gym memberships

● Grow your skills and career with learning programs, professional development pathways, and education assistance

● Live and work well with our employee wellbeing program, confidential employee assistance program, chaplaincy services, domestic and family violence support, and more

● Put your family first with paid parental leave (including superannuation), personal leave to care for family members and additional unpaid leave for caring responsibilities

Our impact starts with you

Join AnglicareSA, and help us change lives and communities.

To apply, simply click the “Apply”* button and submit your application by 9am on 31st July (direct applications only, no agencies please).

*Please note: Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as interviews and appointments may occur prior to the closing date.

For more information, please contact Sarah, Recruitment Business Partner, at sarah.atsisauskas@anglicaresa.com.au. Please note we do not accept applications via email.

At AnglicareSA, we proudly and gratefully bring together a team that is truly diverse - from lived experiences, to skills and knowledge, to perspectives and personality. We value the benefits this brings to the people who work with us and the communities we serve, and we strive to create a place where everyone - regardless of background and ability - feels they belong. If you require any accommodations to fully participate in our recruitment process, we welcome you to let us know.

We are committed to the employment of First Nations people. Please visit our website for details on our Aboriginal Services and to access AnglicareSA’s Reconciliation Action Plan.

AnglicareSA is committed to a secure and transparent recruitment process that prioritises the safety of all applicants. We will never request payment, bank account details, or personal identification documents during the early stages of recruitment. Proof of identity may be requested later as part of standard pre-employment checks. To verify the legitimacy of this job advertisement, please refer to our official website or contact our recruitment team directly.