Mental Health Lived Experience Worker
2 weeks ago
Reference Number
- 16562
Position Title
- Mental Health Lived Experience Worker
Employment Type
- Part Time
Department/Unit
- Specialist & Therapeutic Programs
Location
- Community Mental Health Services, Wonthaggi
Enterprise Agreement Classification
- 7 Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement Peer Worker Level 2 Year 2
Salary
- $32.50 to $34.21
Hours
- 20
Position Summary
Mental health - Consumer Lived Experience Worker
Latrobe Regional Hospital and the Specialist and Therapeutic Programs have exciting opportunities for a Mental Health Lived Experience Worker to join the Specialist and Therapeutic team.
The position will be based in Bairnsdale, Sale, Warragul or Wonthaggi community mental health services, on a part time/on going basis of 20 hours per fortnight.
Reporting to the Manager of the Specialist and Therapeutic Programs and supported by the Lived Experience Senior this role plays an important role in supporting and consultation with the aim of improving mental health service delivery by ensuring that consumers and carers have a meaningful input in the decision making process at all levels of service management.
The successful applicant will have:
- Experience as a direct consumer of a mental health service.
- Current Victorian driver license
- Have or be willing to obtain a working with childrens check
- Welldeveloped communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult and liaise with other consumers, carers, staff members and other relevant agencies
- Display an ability to work with the multidisciplinary team in a respectful and collaborative manner
- Have good computer literacy
- The ability to carry out the attached position description
Why work for LRH?
- A leading Gippsland employer, Latrobe Regional Hospital is Gippsland's specialist referral and trauma centre located 150km east of Melbourne. We are a purposebuilt teaching hospital caring for a population of more than 260,000 people.
Our comprehensive range of services extends to emergency, intensive care, elective surgery, allied health, obstetrics, medical and radiation oncology at the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre, dialysis and aged care.
We offer:
- A friendly and supportive team
- A collaborative and innovative working environment
- Training and education
- Staff Wellbeing Clinic
- Career progression opportunities
Our unique difference:
- Regional lifestyle opportunities
- Access to excellent schools, health and transport services
- Generous salary packaging benefits, paid parental leave and flexible working conditions
- Expanding specialist services with future redevelopments & expansions
Our commitment to you:
- LRH is recognized as a leading learning hospital providing ongoing career opportunities. We provide a safe and rewarding work environment for all of our staff and have made a longterm commitment to strengthen our organisational culture through leadership excellence, education and training.
- Now is an exciting time to join our team with significant growth on the horizon.
Diversity and Inclusion - At LRH we value workforce diversity and inclusion, where individual uniqueness is embraced. We value diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing highquality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexuality.
Selection Criteria
- Essential: Experience as a direct consumer of mental health services
- Essential: Welldeveloped communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult and liaise with other consumers, carers, staff members and other relevant agencies
- Essential: Good organisation and time management skills.
- Essential: Ability to effectively participate in meetings, working groups, education sessions and committees
- Essential: Ability to take direction and work with the multidisciplinary team in a respectful and collaborative manner
Essential:
- Good computer literacy
Essential:Current Victorian driver license.
- Desirable: Cert IV in education and training or higher qualification
- Desirable: Cert IV in Mental health peer work
- Desirable: Experience in producing, presenting, reviewing and/or teaching education packages
Contact Person
- Linda Waters
Contact Number
Alternate Contact Person
- Tyson Hill
Alternate Contact Number
Closing Date
- 02/03/2023
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