Peer Support Specialist, Early Psychosis Specialist Mental Health Team

## Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Fixed term until June 2026, Part time 0.6FTE
• Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines
• Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
• 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 experience
• Role model hope, recovery, and self-determination
• Support peers in building resilience and accessing community resources
• Collaborate with whaanau, community networks, and clinical teams
• Advocate for equity, self-determination, and culturally safe care
• Document peer interactions using recovery-oriented language
• Support or facilitate WRAP group or other EPIT group intervention
• To 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 similar
• Ability to apply the Peer Support approach
• Understanding of recovery concepts, pathways, and values
• Personal lived experience of mental health or addiction
• Excellent verbal, written, and computer literacy skills
• Knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application to health
• A full, clean drivers license (essential)
• Working at Health New Zealand
• Health 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 apply
• To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 17 December 2025. To review the position description,For more information on this role, please contact Amy in the Recruitment Centre on
• 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.
• | Location : | Auckland |

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