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Peer Support Specialist – Wellington Emergency Department

Full-Time Fixed Term Community Development Community Services Disability Services Show the salary

Job Description

  • Supports Tāngata Whai Ora using compassionate, peer‑led support based on lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction.
  • Provides emotional support, companionship, and validation during times of acute distress
  • Promotes dignity, self‑determination, and recovery
  • Based mainly in the Wellington Hospital Emergency Department, with work across Kites Trust clinical and community settings
  • Builds quick, respectful rapport while maintaining professional boundaries
  • Works alongside clinical staff and contributes to growing peer‑led services in acute care
  • Takes part in supervision, training, service development, and required administration

 

Organisation

Kites Trust

Job Summary

Peer Support Specialist roles in Wellington ED are a pilot with Kites Trust, bringing lived experience into acute care.

Salary

$34 per hour, 32 hours per week

How to apply

Please include the job reference Peer Support Specialist – Wellington ED in your application and provide a CV and Cover Letter.

Please apply directly through Do Good Jobs or via email to our admin team. hello@kites.org.nz

Sector

Not for Profit

Cause (Sustainable Development Goals)

Good Health and Wellbeing

Job Description (PDF)

Job Description - Peer Support Specialist - April 2026.pdf
Kites Trust
About Lister - Kites Trust

Kites Trust is an organisation which values, respects, and utilizes people’s experiences of mental health.  Kites Trust works to ensure that people who experience mental health crisis and/or addiction have equal opportunities to live, work and participate in the community.

Our core belief is that consumer leadership is the key mechanism to achieving our ultimate goal of social inclusion for people who experience mental health distress and/or addiction.

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