[ref. d50814901] Peer Support Specialist, Early Psychosis Specialist Mental Health Teamat Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Counties Manukau -
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 coachoffering 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 Youll Do:Provide 1:1 peer support based on mutual respect and shared experienceRole model hope, recovery, and self-determinationSupport peers in building resilience and accessing community resourcesCollaborate with whaanau, community networks, and clinical teamsAdvocate for equity, self-determination, and culturally safe careDocument peer interactions using recovery-oriented languageSupport or facilitate WRAP group or other EPIT group interventionTo 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 similarAbility to apply the Peer Support approachUnderstanding of recovery concepts, pathways, and valuesPersonal lived experience of mental health or addictionExcellent verbal, written, and computer literacy skillsKnowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application to healthA full, clean drivers license (essential)Working at Health New ZealandHealth 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 applyTo apply please click 'apply now'.All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 05 November 2025. To review the position description, please click here.For more information on this role, please contact Amy in the Recruitment Centre on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us.
We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities.
We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability.
Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.