Transfolk WA: Trans Youth Space Peer Supporter (Voluntary)
Michael Barnett OAM
Trans Youth Space Peer Supporter (Voluntary)
Job description
Transfolk WA is an organisation that seeks to support, advocate and improve the lives of trans and gender diverse people in Western Australia. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are willing to help us grow and support our community to support each other.
Time Commitment
This role asks for a minimum commitment of 1 Youth Space session and 1 team meeting per month, for a minimum of 6 months (total minimum of 5.5 hours per month). Some training will also be required for the role.
- Time requirement for a Trans Youth Space session is 3.75 hours on Tuesday afternoon 3:30pm - 6:45pm. This includes setup of the space, facilitating the session, pack-up, and reflection and debriefing after the session.
- Time requirement for a team meeting is 1.5 hours during business hours on a Tuesday or Friday.
- Completion of an online module is part of the onboarding for this role, and occasional additional training will take place.
- Although we ask for a minimum commitment of 1 Trans Youth Space session per month, you can do up to 4 Trans Youth Space sessions per month depending on your interest and availability.
What you’ll be doing
- Co-facilitate Trans Youth Space, a weekly two hour drop-in at a location in the Perth CBD, including event setup and pack down
- Providing peer support
- Connecting with, listening to, and validating young people’s experiences
- Group facilitation
- Supporting young people with workshops and content
- Sharing information and resources
- Utilise peer work values and practices
- Setting up and packing down the venue
- Assist with Trans Youth Space evaluation
- Assist to plan and develop Trans Youth Space activities
- Reflective debrief after sessions
- Participating in training and professional development
- Other tasks as needed
Skills, experience and qualities needed
- Lived experience as a trans, non-binary or gender diverse person
- This is required due to being a peer support program
- Strong communication skills including listening, validating, and asking curious questions
- People skills such as: friendliness, open mindedness, and active listening
- Strong understanding of the diversity of trans and gender diverse communities including cultural identity, disability etc.
- Able to work in culturally responsive and safe ways or willingness to attend training
- Maintaining confidentiality
- You'll need a working with children check
Desirable, but not required (training can be provided)
- An understanding of the values and principles of peer support
- An understanding of strengths-based and trauma informed principles
- Experience with group facilitation
- Awareness of child safe practices and requirements
- Knowledge of the systems trans and gender diverse folks need to navigate to access gender affirming healthcare and support
Support Offered for Trans Youth Space Peer Supporters
You’ll be part of a team of other peer supporters with a lead session facilitator. There will be a team debrief after each Trans Youth Space session. This will be a chance for the team to check in with each other and debrief anything that may have come up in the session.
There will be peer support training provided.
There will be an induction into volunteering and getting to know the team. The Trans Youth Space Coordinator will be the point of contact re volunteering responsibilities and commitments.
Benefits of the role
- Opportunity to contribute and connect to trans community
- Gaining experience in peer support
- Opportunity to learn from experienced peer workers
- Learning about experiences and issues that people in the community encounter
- Being connected to the broader group of Transfolk WA Volunteers
Note: A culturally informed approach to peer support is essential to welcoming, supporting and affirming trans and gender diverse First Nations People and People of Colour. As well as to ensure these folks aren't further marginalised within our own communities.
To provide culturally informed peer support, the perspectives and lived experience of our Peer Supporters need to reflect the diversity of our community. If you are a trans or gender diverse First Nations person or Person of Colour and you are interested in supporting your community but are wanting to make sure that there is *enough* safety in place before getting involved, we can contact you to chat more. Please follow the prompts in the application form to organise this.
Acknowledgment of Country
We acknowledge the traditional Custodians of the land on which we connect, support and embrace each other - Whudjuk Noongar Country.
We keep in our hearts the resilience, resistance and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Elders that have been, that will be, and that are today. We acknowledge Blak trans and gender diverse young people and the value they add to Trans Youth Space.
It is a privilege to have a space that we can feel welcome, safe, included and dignified. For us, belonging means being around the ones we love, and being safe enough to express the different intersecting parts of our identities.
Our connection and belonging to place is important to us because it improves our mental health, sense of community, helps us enjoy life, and helps us to feel more loved and safe. We value that we can be with our community on land where Communities and families have existed, loved and cared for place for over 60,000+ years.
Applications for this role will take you to the employer’s site.
Job Summary
- Applications close: 7:00 PM AEDT, 27th Mar 2026
- Job posted on: 24th Feb 2026
- Perth > West Perth