Youth Peer Volunteer

Deadline: 15 Apr 2026, 11:00 pm

What is a Youth Peer Volunteer?

At headspace Early Psychosis, Youth Peer Volunteers are supervised to learn to connect with other young people who may be experiencing mental health challenges or struggles in their daily lives. Youth Peer Volunteers are offered training and support to learn to reflect on their experiences and be informed by the perspective of their own lived and living experience whilst volunteering with young people. They learn to hold hope by purposefully sharing their story with young people going through a tough time and role modelling positive help seeking behaviour.

Our Youth Peer Volunteer program hub is at headspace Bentleigh, as this is also the hub for the headspace Early Psychosis program in South East Melbourne. Most of our training and supervision will be held at headspace Bentleigh. We offer Youth Peer Volunteer opportunities at headspace centres in Bentleigh, Frankston and Narre Warren. Our service would like to expand to our other centres in Dandenong and Elsternwick too. 

Before you apply, please check the role statement, and volunteer role requirements below. If you have any questions at all or would like guidance with you application please reach out to our Youth Engagement Coordinator Brixton (they/them), on 9076 9400 or headspacebentleigh@alfred.org.au

Peer Volunteer role requirements 

• Has a lived/living experience of mental health challenges as a young person during ages 12-25 
• Has accessed support and is willing to learn how to reflect on and share these experiences to support young people accessing support at headspace
• Is aged 18-30 
• Is available to volunteer for one day per week (2-5 hours) for 12 months 
• Can provide a valid Working With Children Check and Police Check clearance
• Can attend training sessions and supervision on Monday's from May to August

We welcome and celebrate Peer Volunteers from diverse backgrounds and experiences! 

We highly encourage you to apply, and will prioritise your application if you: 

• Are part of the LGBTIQA+ community
• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• Have a refugee or migrant background
• Have accessed support for drug and/or alcohol use 
• Have accessed support for homelessness 
• Have experienced barriers when accessing support including for mental health, alcohol and other drug use, or homelessness 

To read the position description, click here.

If this role sounds right for you, please fill out the expression of interest form by clicking 'Apply now' below!

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