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Peer Programs – Lived Experience, Paid Work
We’re looking for people with lived experience of hep C to become
peer workers at Hepatitis NSW | November 2023
The work is rewarding, paid, typically a couple of hours each session, and an exciting way to be part of making hep C history. We offer full training and support; our peer workers are an extremely important and valuable part of the Hepatitis NSW team.
Hepatitis NSW’s Peer Partnership Program helps make hep C healthcare easier to access for people in the community.
Our peers work in collaboration with our brilliant nurse and healthcare partners, helping people access the hepatitis healthcare they need – at methadone clinics, homelessness services, youth services, residential rehabs, and other sites. Peers engage with clients of those services and encourage them to get tested for hep C, to check their liver health, and get their hep C cured.
You don’t need any qualifications, past training, or previous experience to be perfect for this role. Anyone can be a great peer worker – all you need is lived experience of hep C, a passion for helping others get cured of hep C. We pay our peer workers well, we cover all expenses, we offer paid training, and we provide great opportunities to attend events and conferences. For many of our peer workers, this role has been a great stepping stone to full time, or part time, work in the community health sector.We’ve got a wonderful team of around 20 peer workers across NSW and we’d love to grow our team. No matter where you are in NSW, what your background is, or what your experience is, if you’ve had hep C in the past, and been cured with the new treatments, then we’d love to hear from you about becoming a peer worker.
If this sounds like something that would interest you, please contact us using the confidential form below and we’ll be in touch shortly.
