Family Carer Lived Experience Worker

2 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Monash Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan, Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 56050
- Family Carer Peer Worker - Clayton Mobile Support &Treatment Team (MSTT)
- Part Time 0.6 EFT

Exciting position to be part of a multidisciplinary team and provide mutual support, information and practical assistance to consumers who are part of Clayton MSTT.
- Play a key role in promoting choice, self-determination and opportunities for consumers to seek or maintain socially valued roles and connections in their local communities
- Play a key role in the supporting the efficient management of our MSTT clients
- Training and supervision offered to support in the role
- Professional and Leadership development opportunities available

**Acknowledging the vital role they play in providing healthcare to our community, Monash Health proudly supports the WHO 2021 International Year of Health and Care Worker**About Monash Health**

**About The Role**

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

Family/Carer 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.

Families/Carers follow up both by phone and face-to-face contacts within the community, or the family/carer’s own environment in an assertive outreach manner.

**About You**

You are an advocate for families and carers who require support during difficult times.

**You Are Also**
- committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively

**What You Need**:

- Demonstrated experience
- lived experience knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of peer support principles
- Experience working in family carer lived experience role

**What We Offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.

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