Consumer Peer Worker

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Consumer Peer Worker - Lived Experience Worker Level 3

Casey Intensive Mental Health Community Team

As an integral and highly valued member of the multidisciplinary team, the Consumer Peer Work position has been developed specifically for people who have lived and/or living experience of serious mental health issues and have used mental health services. The successful candidate will provide non-clinical support to consumers accessing the Intensive Care Package service. These are consumers who require more support than what Case Management alone can provide.

Within a relationship of mutuality, Consumer Peer Workers use their own lived experience of mental health issues to provide emotional support, focus on consumer wellbeing, and promote choice, self-determination and greater opportunities for consumers to be heard. Consumer Peer Workers work as part of a multidisciplinary team and establish strong, effective working relationships with clinical, allied health, and Family/Carer Peer Work staff.

Consumer Peer Workers act as recovery champions within the mental health program and may be involved in other activities including training and education, improving experience of care and service evaluation.

Consumer Peer Workers follow up consumers by phone and face-to-face within the in the community, or the consumer's own environment in an assertive outreach manner.

This job will be is based in the Casey area but the successful applicant may also be required to work from bases in Pakenham, Narre Warren, Berwick or Cranbourne.

The Consumer Peer Worker will work alongside the multidisciplinary team and most closely with the ICP team, a senior team made up of an Occupational Therapist, Clnical Psychologist, Social Worker and Dual Diagnosis Clinician. Together, there is a therapuetic approach towards supporting consumers.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the 'Application Guide'

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.