02/06/2026
Peer Support – Community Connector - Young Parents Program
Part-time (0.6 FTE) per fortnight, Fixed-term position until June 2029.
Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award Level 3
The Opportunity:
This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to use your lived experience to create meaningful change for young parents and their children.
As a Peer Support – Community Connector in the Young Parents Program (TYPP), you will work alongside the Program Manager, Coordinator and a dedicated team to support young mothers to feel safe, connected and empowered.
Your lived experience will be central to fostering trust, hope and a sense of belonging.
Grounded in relationship-building, you will warmly engage young parents into the program, create and support group activities that strengthen peer connections, and help participants access services, build confidence and connect with their communities. You will actively listen to and learn from young parents, contributing to a program that is responsive and shaped by their voices.
You will also play a key role in strengthening service pathways by building connections across the family support sector, supporting warm referrals and promoting young-parent-friendly networks.
Through your work, you will help ensure the program remains strengths-based, trauma-informed and responsive to the lived realities of young parents, while also benefiting from peer work training and supervision to support your own professional growth.
Our Ideal Candidate:
We are seeking a people person who:
Has lived experience of parenting aged 25 and under, while navigating:
stresses that impacted their experience of parenting
limited family or social supports
seeking and/or receiving support from child and family services
Has experience or a strong interest in peer or lived‑experience based work
Can safely, intentionally and appropriately use lived experience to support young parents
Demonstrates strong relationship‑building, communication and interpersonal skills
Maintains strong professional boundaries, reflective practice and commitment to self‑care
Has knowledge of local services and community supports for young families
Ability to use lived experience to inform social media content that engages and connects with young parents
Is comfortable contributing to group facilitation, community engagement and basic administrative tasks
Peer worker training is desirable but not essential — support and development will be provided.
For further information please refer to the attached position description.
How To Apply
To apply for this role, please click here. For further confidential inquiries contact Hayley McLay, Program Manager - Young Parents Program on 0427 091 713.
Applications Close: Thursday, 11th of June 2026. 5:00 PM.
PartTimeFixedTerm • Tonsley SA 5042, Australia • Part-time, 22.8 hours per week (0.6 FTE) Fixed-term position until 30 June 2029. Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award Level 3
