Peer Worker

3 months ago

Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

**Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carers**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**Austin Health Mental Health Division (MHD)** provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria. Services in the Mental Health Division are located across Austin Health and the community.

All mental health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-oriented practice and supported decision-making. This approach to client wellbeing builds on the strengths of the individual working in partnership with their treating team. It encompasses the principles of self
- determination and individualised treatment and care.

**About the infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service - ICYMHS**

***The Infant Child and Youth Mental Health directorate provides clinical and developmental inpatient and community mental health services through the following service units:

- **Child Inpatient Psychiatry Unit**:

- **Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit**:

- **Early Intervention Child and Family Residential Service
- Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra Jarra Noun**:

- **Community infant child and youth teams**:

- **Outreach teams - Adolescent Intensive Mobile, Youth Early Psychosis and Youth Brief Intervention**:

- **Specialist clinicians and teams**

**About the role**

**The Inner North Infant Child Community team -INCCT currently works with infants children and families who are experiencing significant mental health issues that impact on their wellbeing and development. Such children require significant support and case management. The team works predominately centre based though some outreach as required.**

The peer worker will join INCCT to provide support to the team and the carers of the infants and children they work with. These roles are part of expansion to further embed lived experience workers in all teams within ICYMHS, thus supporting the implementation of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s recommendations, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act, and any other relevant projects.

A regular day will see you:

- **Support carers of the consumers who are accessing INCCT and ICYMHS**:

- **Work with other disciplines in the team to ensure the consumer voice is considered in all planning and work**:

- **implementing service improvement initiatives**:

- **Support and work alongside other lived experience workforce employees**

**About you**

As an experienced Lived experience worker, you will be pivotal in bringing the perspective and voice of the consumers within the multi-disciplinary team
- To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- **Relevant qualifications and/or experience**:

- **Significant personal lived experience as a carer who has accessed area mental health services.**:

- **The ability to work with and advocate for lived experience needs of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, and abilities.**:

- **Excellent communication skills and the ability to present at forums and meetings**

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- **Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation**:

- **A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program**:

- **Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities**:

- **Four weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options**:

- **Flexible, hybrid working arrangements**

**Inclusion at Austin Health**

**Work with us

  • Peer Support Worker

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    **Peer Support Work - SCI** **Austin Health - Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre** **ABOUT THE ROLE** An exciting opportunity exists at Austin Health for an enthusiastic person with lived experience of spinal cord injury (SCI) to **assist individuals who have recently acquired an SCI to improve their rehabilitation outcomes and resume a fulfilling life in...

  • Peer Support Worker

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    **Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Consumer Support** **Peer Support Worker - Consumer** **Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time** **Based in Heidelberg** **Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Mobile Support and Treatment Service (NEMSTS)** About Austin Health: Adult Community Mental Health - Lived...

  • Peer Worker

    3 months ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    **Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carers** Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help...

  • Peer Worker

    1 week ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    **Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carers** Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help...

  • Peer Worker

    1 week ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    **Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carers** Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help...

  • Peer Worker

    1 week ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation. An...

  • Peer Worker

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.An...

  • Peer Worker

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carersAustin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people...

  • Peer Worker

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carersAustin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people...

  • Peer Worker

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Make an impact supporting young people, their families and carersAustin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people...

  • Peer Worker

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.An...

  • Peer Support Worker

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Carer Support - **Peer Support Worker - Carer**: - **Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time**: - **Based in Heidelberg**: - **Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Mobile Support Treatment Service(MSTS)** **About Austin Health**: Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary...

  • Lived Experience Carer Peer Support Work ..

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and committed peer worker - carer to join our** Child Inpatient Unit.** This is a part time, 12-month position. The Child Inpatient Unit (CIPU) is part of Austin Health’s Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS). It services children from metropolitan and regional Victoria, NSW and...

  • Lived Experience Carer Peer Support Work ..

    6 days ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and committed Carer with Lived Experience to join our** Child Inpatient Unit **as a **_Carer_** Peer Support Worker.** We are specifically seeking an individual with experience in a carer's role who has accessed Child and Youth Mental Health Services, and/or preferably an inpatient mental health...

  • Lived Experience Carer Peer Support Work

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and committed Carer with Lived Experience to join our Child Inpatient Unit as a _Carer_ Peer Support Worker. We are specifically seeking an individual with experience in a carer's role who has accessed Child and Youth Mental Health Services, and/or preferably an inpatient mental health unit. This...

  • Lived Experience Worker

    7 days ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Consumer Support - **Peer Support Worker - Consumer**: - **Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time**: - **Based in Heidelberg**: - **Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Continuing Care Service (CCS)** **About Austin Health**: Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary...

  • Lived Experience Worker

    7 days ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Carer Support - Peer Support Worker - Carer - Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time - Based in Heidelberg - Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Continuing Care Service (CCS) **About Austin Health**: Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health...

  • Social Worker G2

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

    An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated and enthusiastic Social Worker to bring their existing skills as a health Social Woker to the Transitional Support Unit, (Social Worker Gr2). As part of the Department of Health's Workforce Development Plan this position sits within the **Transition to Mental Health Practice** program. This is a full-time...

  • Lived Experience Worker

    3 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Consumer Support- Peer Support Worker Consumer:Permanent Full-time or Part-Time:- Based in Heidelberg:- Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Continuing Care Service (CCS)About Austin Health:Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional...

  • Social Worker G2

    2 weeks ago

    Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Austin Health Full time

    An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated and enthusiastic Social Worker to bring their existing skills as a health Social Woker to the Transitional Support Unit, (Social Worker Gr2).As part of the Department of Health's Workforce Development Plan this position sits within the Transition to Mental Health Practice program.This is a full-time fixed term...