Lived Experience Recruitment Resources

• Lived Experience Workforce Program – Recruitment and Retention Overview of recruitment strategies for growing and supporting a sustainable peer workforce.
• Lived Experience Workforce Program – Tips and Information for Designated Roles Practical guidance for recruiting and retaining people in designated Lived Experience roles.
• Recruiting, supporting and sustaining Lived Experience workforces who respond to suicidality – Neami National  Guidance material specific to supporting peer workers in suicide prevention contexts, with a focus on role safety, supervision, and wellbeing.
• Guidance Material – Recruitment and support of Suicide Prevention Peer Workers A best-practice resource offering insights into peer worker recruitment, onboarding and ongoing support in suicide prevention services.

• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – Introduction – Victoria 2025
• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – In The Workplace – Part 1 – Victoria 2025
• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – In The Workplace – Part 2 – Victoria 2025
• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – Challenges – Victoria 2025
• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – Challenges and Ways to Address Them – Victoria 2025
• A Guide for Lived Experience Workers – Further Reading – Victoria 2025
• Lived Experience Workers – A Guide for Managers – Victoria 2025

• Queensland Mental Health Commission – Role Titles and Descriptions for the Development of the Mental Health Lived Experience Workforce
  A reference list of common LE role titles and descriptions across the sector.
• National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Development Guidelines – Lived Experience Roles
  A practical guide to designing and developing lived experience positions

• Mental Health Association of Central Australia – LE Workforce Development Framework (2023) Contextual framework supporting Lived Experience workforce in the Northern Territory.
• Queensland Framework for the Development of the Mental Health Lived Experience Workforce State-based roadmap to strengthen and grow the LE workforce.
• PHN Tasmania – Seven Steps to Develop an Organisational Lived Expertise A staged approach to embedding lived expertise into your organisation
• Alcohol and Other Drug Peer Implementation Guide This guide supports AOD services to plan, recruit, and embed peer worker roles, offering practical advice and insights from Tasmania’s AOD Peer Workforce Pilot Project

These Frameworks below highlight the foundational values and principles, theories and knowledge, and scope of practice that are essential to creating a workforce that is both supported and sustainable.

• The Mental Health Consumer Lived Experience Workforce Discipline Framework (Victoria)
• The Mental Health Family Carer Lived Experience Workforce Discipline Framework (Victoria)
• The Harm Reduction Lived and Living Experience Peer Workforce Discipline Framework (Victoria)
• The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Lived Experience Workforce Discipline Framework (Victoria)
• The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Family Lived Experience Workforce Discipline Framework (Victoria)

Peer Support Roles

Phone support

• ADSS Peer Practitioner JDF (L4) (PDF)
• Lived Experience Telephone Support Service – Team Leader

Mental Health & AOD

• Ruah Kaya Peer Worker (PDF)

Youth

• Orygen – Online Youth Peer Worker
• NSW Health – Peer Worker – Perinatal, child, and youth 

LGBTIQA+SB

• LGBTIQA+ Mental Health Peer Support Worker

Alcohol and Other Drugs

• Cyernian House – Peer Support Worker 
• Holyoake Senior Peer Support Worker
• Holyoake Peer Support Worker 
• The Buttery – AOD Peer Worker 

Suicide Prevention and Support

• Jesuit Social Services – Lived Experience Worker – StandBy Support After Suicide

Project, Policy and Education Roles

LGBTIQA+SB

• NSW – Lived Experience LGBTIQA+ Project Officer

Mental Health

• QCMHR – Project Officer Lived/Living Experience 
• CoMHWA – Senior Policy and Research Officer 
• Being – Lived Experience Network 
• PHN – Project Officer Mental Health Reform (Lived Experience) 
• NSW – Policy Officer – Lived Experience
• Mind – Lived Experience Project Officer

Alcohol and Other Drugs

• QuIVAA – Lived Living Experience Project Coordinator
• Insight – Alcohol and Other Drug Lived Experience Educator

Administration Roles

• National Mental Health Consumer Alliance – Executive Assistant (Lived Experience)
• Self Help Addiction Resource Centre – Administration Support Worker 

Senior and Leadership Roles

Consumer Perspective

• VMIAC – Senior Project Officer Lived Experience Consumer Agency Development
• DoH Victoria – Senior Advisor Lived Experience (Consumer)
• National Mental Health Consumer Alliance – Project Manager – Making Rights Real (Peer Identified) 
• MHLEPQ – Policy Director (Lived Experience)
• Berry Street – Senior Manager Lived & Living Experience
• CoMHWA Project Coordinator (Peer Pathways)
• Together (UK) Peer Support Co-ordinator (PDF)
• Assistant Commissioner for Lived Experience (Consumer)
• Lived Experience (Peer Partnership) Coordinator (L8)
• Lived Experience Coordinator WACHS (L7)

Carer Perspective

• DoH Victoria – Senior Advisor Lived Experience (Carer)
• Raising Minds – Team Leader – Peer Facilitator Team
• Assistant Commissioner for Lived Experience (Significant Other)