The Australian Association of Peer Workers (AAPW)
The Australian Association of Peer Workers (AAPW) is a peer-led professional membership body for mental health and suicide prevention peer workers. It is a national entity, auspiced by the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance (the Alliance), in partnership with the Indigenous Australian Lived Experience Centre and Mental Health Carers Australia.

A membership body dedicated to strengthening, supporting and advocating for the mental health and suicide prevention peer workforce across Australia.

The Role 
The First Nations Lead plays a central role in shaping the future of the First Nations peer workforce nationally. This position leads the development of the AAPW’s national First Nations Peer Workforce Strategy and ensures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peer workers are meaningfully represented, included, and supported across all AAPW activities.

Working in deep partnership with...