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Peer Support Specialist South Auckland Part-time

2 months ago

South Auckland, New Zealand Emerge Aotearoa Full time

He kōrero mō mātou | About Us


Emerge Aotearoa is a committed Tangata Tiriti organisation and a national provider of mental health, addiction, disability, correction services, well-being, and housing services.

We're a not-for-profit organisation employing 1300 kaimahi and providing services across New Zealand. The core values of the organisation are based on Māori concepts Whakawhanaunga, Manaakitanga, Ako and Whakamana.

Ngā Ratonga | Our services:


Phoenix is a community-based adult mental health and addictions service providing brief therapeutic interventions for adults over the age of 18 and their whānau.

Phoenix is made up of experienced AOD Clinicians and Peer Support Specialists who work in partnership with adults.

The service provides holistic support to fit the needs of our people and is delivered where they feel most comfortable e.g., at home, in a community setting, etc.

The service works within the principles of abstinence and harm reduction and in a holistic manner, recognizing the multi-faceted problems that co-exist with AOD addiction.


He kōrero mō te tūranga | The Role


Based in Papakura South Auckland, you will be responsible for providing peer support to people presenting with substance use issues and/or mental health issues.

You'll be supporting people who live within the former Counties Manukau DHB catchment area.

We're looking for expressions of interest from people who have personal lived experiences and are wanting to use their journey to recovery to help support and inspire others.

You will be supporting people who have mental distress to move forward with their recovery within a supportive, compassionate, relaxed, peer-led service in collaboration with their clinical teams.

To do this you need to have lived experience, be adaptable, and be able to perform under pressure.

This is a part-time role (24 hours per week).

He kōrero mōu | About You


You'll bring your own knowledge and experience of drug and alcohol addiction or mental health distress to the role, and we ask that you tell us about your journey in your cover letter.

Being able to demonstrate assertiveness, accountability, and compassion for people and encourage them to change is really important to this role.


Sometimes faced with challenging behavior you'll utilize your calmness to engage and empathize with whānau and be quick to think on your feet about how to deal with situations when whānau become unwell and are in need of support.

You will need to be flexible and happy to pick up "hands-on" duties. To be successful in this role, it's preferable that you have experience in a similar role.


A Level 4 in Health & Disability (or higher) qualification is desirable, however; if you're passionate about our mahi and you're willing to work towards a qualification we'll support you as much as we can.

You'll be culturally respectful and non-judgemental - a strong understanding of Māori and Pasifika cultures is preferred.

A full New Zealand Driver's License is required for this role.

Ko tā mātou mahi | We offer

  • Not only will you be a part of an amazing whanau here at Phoenix, but you will also have an experienced, humorous, supportive service manager, who is dedicated to developing you into your next step. With Emerge being a national organisation this is easily accomplished
  • You will be able to maintain to better worklife balance as our Phoenix services operate between Monday
  • Friday.
  • Access to wellbeing subsidies and access to the use of our other services such as counselling, budgeting, and mental health workshops
  • A supportive team and manager with the opportunity for group supervision, coreflection, and pay for maintenance of annual registration
  • Access to a work vehicle, company phone, and laptop Opportunity for professional development and growth within a national organization
  • Reference #
  • 3066 Posted on
  • 05 Jan 202 Closes on
  • 05 Feb :00
  • Location(s)
  • South Auckland
  • Expertise
  • Peer
  • Job level(s)
  • Experienced (2 years +)
  • Work type(s)
  • Permanent parttime

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