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Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) | Carnegie, VIC | Fixed term, part time (0.8 FTE) | SCHADS Level 4 + salary packaging.

Walk alongside young people on their recovery journey. Use your lived experience of alcohol and other drugs to help young people aged 16 to 25 build a life in recovery, in a small, dynamic peer-led team.

SHARC is a community of people impacted by alcohol, drugs and gambling. Our Recovery Support Services (RSS) offer a residential and day program for young people, with safe, drug-free, home-like accommodation, life skills development and peer support at the centre.

The role:

• Complete intake and comprehensive AOD assessments, and support young people through admission and induction.
• Provide recovery coaching, helping residents set goals and develop and review their recovery and exit plans.
• Facilitate groups and peer-led activities, including recreational activities.
• Help residents navigate referral pathways, and build relationships with partners such as Launch Housing and Services Victoria.
• Help shape the delivery and evaluation of the program.

You’ll bring:

• Personal lived experience of alcohol and other drug challenges and recovery, used intentionally and safely in a professional role.
• An understanding of peer support practice and AOD lived experience values.
• The capacity to build trusting relationships with young people experiencing complex needs.
• Experience with intake, assessment and recovery planning.
• An understanding of trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and culturally safe practice.
• Skills in facilitating groups, maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality, and working with diverse backgrounds and world views.
• Strong communication skills, and administrative and data entry skills using case management systems and Microsoft Office.
• A current driver’s licence.

Desirable:

• A relevant qualification in AOD, mental health, community or social services;
• Training in lived experience or peer support approaches;
• Experience working with young people aged 16 to 25 or in residential, housing, homelessness, youth or AOD settings; and
• Knowledge of Victorian AOD and youth service systems.

What we offer:

• SCHADS Level 4, plus salary packaging of up to $15,900 per annum
• A workplace free of harassment and discrimination, where lived experience is central.

This is a designated AOD lived experience position, based onsite.

How to apply?

Please read the position description attached here. Send your resume and cover letter to hr@sharc.org.au using the subject line: AOD Youth Support Worker.

For a confidential conversation about the role, contact the Acting Manager, Nicki Catmull on ncatmull@sharc.org.au or 0499 392 067.

Applications close on Friday, 13 November 2026.

Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) | Carnegie, VIC | Fixed term, full time (1.0 FTE) | SCHADS Level 5, $100,783–$110,110, negotiable depending on experience.

Turn lived expertise into sector-wide change.

Lead the delivery of two flagship projects for Victoria’s AOD and mental health sectors, in partnership with Yale University.

SHARC is a community of people impacted by alcohol, drugs and gambling. Our LLEAH program helps Department-funded organisations embed and sustain their lived and living experience workforce, and it is led by lived expertise.

The role:

• Lead delivery of The Learning Collaborative (TLC) training, working closely with the Yale team.
• Lead facilitation, workshops, analysis and recommendations with organisations in the SOLE project.
• Facilitate co-design processes and contribute to curriculum, assessment tools and evaluation frameworks.
• Mentor lived experience technical experts and project staff.
• Represent SHARC at sector forums, information sessions and advisory groups.

You’ll bring:

• Lived or living experience of mental health and/or AOD, applied as lived expertise.
• Experience in a designated lived experience workforce role, including senior or specialist work in workforce development.
• Extensive experience designing and facilitating training, workshops and consultations, including co-design with several stakeholders.
• Specialist input into program design, evaluation and continuous improvement.
• Strong analysis and report-writing skills, with practical recommendations for organisations.
• Experience mentoring or guiding peers, colleagues or technical experts.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across government, community and lived experience groups.
• Current Victorian driver’s licence. Some travel within Victoria.

Desirable:

• Experience facilitating or supporting advisory groups such as the AOD LLEAG;
• Peer work training (e.g. SHARC Peer Worker Training, Intentional Peer Support, Cert IV in Peer Work) or equivalent lived experience expertise combined with facilitation or workforce development training.

What we offer:

• SCHADS Level 5, plus salary packaging of up to $15,900 per annum
• Onsite, offsite or hybrid working, negotiated in line with SHARC policy
• Part-time arrangements considered for the right candidate

This is a designated lived experience position.

How to apply?

Please read the position description attached here.

For all enquiries about the role and to apply, please send your resume and cover letter to hr@sharc.org.au, using the subject line: LLEAH Senior Facilitator.

Applications close on Friday, 20 November 2026.

Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) | Carnegie, VIC | Fixed term, full time (1.0 FTE) | SCHADS Level 4 + salary packaging

Be part of the work that connects organisations to lived expertise.

About the role:

The Lived and Living Experience at Heart (LLEAH) program is a state-funded, lived experience-led program supporting AOD and Mental Health organisations across Victoria to embed and sustain their Lived and Living Experience workforces.

We are seeking a Project Worker to join the LLEAH team. The Project Worker will play a hands-on role in supporting the delivery of two key initiatives:

• The Learning Collaborative (TLC): A collaborative learning and mentoring program run in partnership with Yale University that builds organisational capability to embed Lived and Living Experience workforces.
• Supporting Organisational Lived Experience (SOLE): A guided assessment and action-planning program that helps organisations assess how they support and embed Lived and Living Experience workforces, identify strengths and gaps, and plan for improvement.

You’ll bring:

• You’ll take ownership of key parts of both projects, including building relationships with organisations, facilitating conversations, capturing learnings and actions, action planning and helping turn ideas into practice.
• Working alongside the LLEAH Project Coordinator and LLEAH Program Manager, you’ll use your initiative, lived expertise and project skills to keep the work moving and contribute to meaningful change.
• We believe that this is a role well-suited to someone who has prior project work experience, who is organised, values-driven, and eager to use their lived expertise to contribute to lived experience workforce development and systems reform in Victoria.
• Current Victorian driver’s licence. Some travel within Victoria.

What we offer:

• SCHADS Level 4, plus salary packaging of up to $15,900 per annum
• Onsite, offsite or hybrid working, negotiated in line with SHARC policy
• This is a designated lived experience role, open to people with lived experience of alcohol and other drug use and/or mental health, who have integrated this experience into applied lived expertise.

During the application process, you may be asked how your lived experience would influence the ways you work. Applicants must consider themselves work-ready and capable of reflecting on their own lived experiences and how they interact with those of others. Applicants are not required to disclose details of their lived experience.

All employees must have the right to work in Australia and an employee Working with Children Check before starting work. The preferred candidate must also get a National Police Check (NPC), which SHARC will arrange. If you have lived overseas for more than 12 months in the past ten years, you will also need an International Police Check. SHARC will arrange this too.

We understand that people with lived experience of AOD and Mental Health may also have experience with the legal system, and candidates may have a police record. Our organisation has procedures in place to support people through these processes.

SHARC is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQI+ communities, people with a disability, and others from diverse or marginalised backgrounds.

How to apply?

Please read the position description attached here. 

For all enquiries about the role and to apply, please send your resume and cover letter to hr@sharc.org.au, using the subject line: LLEAH Project Worker.

Applications close on Friday, 20 November 2026.

Do you have your own lived/living experience as a consumer of mental health services, including a personal change process and/or recovery? Have you worked in a designated Consumer LLE role as a peer support worker or Consumer Consultant in a clinical or community mental health service? Do you believe you have what it takes to help Consumer LLE workers thrive and stay true to the values of our workforce?

If you answered yes, we want you.

If your lived experience includes co-occurring issues (mental health and AOD, or mental health and harm reduction), we still would love to hear from you.

We strongly encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, people from rural and remote regions of Victoria, and others from diverse backgrounds.

About the role:

• Carnegie, Melbourne (Virtual/Hybrid, some travel may be required)
• This is a Consumer lived and living experience designated role.
• 0.6 FTE (45.6 hours per fortnight)
• Fixed-term (until 30 June 2027).
• SCHADS Award Grade 5, plus salary packaging (up to $15,900 per annum)
• The Collective is seeking an organised, enthusiastic facilitator to play a key role in the development and delivery of training for the Consumer LLE workforce.

You will:

• Support the administration, development, delivery, evaluation and facilitation of training for the Consumer LLE workforce, in person and online
• Lead the development and delivery of Consumer LLEW Communities of Practice
• Draw on your own lived experience to shape training content and workforce development opportunities
• Work collaboratively across the Collective’s Mental Health, AOD, Harm Reduction, Family/Carer and Consumer LLE Workforce discipline frameworks
• Plan and coordinate logistics for on-site and off-site training and events
• Build relationships with sector partners and other lived experience facilitators
• Maintain accurate records and support data tracking and reporting

About you:

This is a Consumer lived and living experience designated role.

You will bring:

• Experience in a designated Consumer LLEW role, and the ability to draw thoughtfully on your lived experience in your work
• Experience and confidence in training development, presenting (in person and online) and group facilitation
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with high attention to detail
• Confidence working independently and as part of a team, and with multiple stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Zoom/Teams
• Sensitivity when working with people of diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexualities and gender identities

Experience in co-design or co-production, eLearning design and delivery, or using an LMS would be highly regarded.

Why join The Collective?

We’re an entirely lived experience-led team, auspiced under SHARC, an organisation with a strong reputation for innovation, impact, and community leadership. We offer a supportive and values-driven workplace, salary packaging, and the opportunity to contribute to meaningful system change for the Consumer LLE workforce.

How to apply?

Take a look at the position description attached here. 

If after reading the position description you’d like further information, please contact: Robyn Priest, Manager, The Collective via email rpriest@sharc.org.au using the subject line: Consumer LLEW Development Facilitator enquiry Or send your resume and a cover letter directly to hr@sharc.org.au.

Applications close on Friday, 13 November 2026.