Manager, Lived Experience Workforce and Advocacy

2 weeks ago


Fitzroy, Australia Eastern Health Full time

Manager, Lived and Living Experience Workforce and Advocacy

Part time fixed term role

Located at Turning Point in Richmond

The Role

Turning Point is committed to ensuring the voice of lived experience is reflected within its research, training, clinical service delivery and leadership activities, including the newly established Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Turning Point is committed to growing its Lived Experience Workforce and ensuring lived experience plays a key role in the design, development and delivery of its local, statewide and national suite of services. Reporting to the Executive Clinical Director, this new role will be responsible for providing lived experience advice, strategic direction and leadership across Turning Point, including:

- Supporting the development and implementation of a lived experience engagement strategy.
- Informing consumer policy, promotion of consumers’ rights and the delivery of integrated care.
- Leading from a lived experience perspective, ensuring the lived experience voice from diverse communities and their representatives is embedded.
- Supporting expansion of the Lived Experience Workforce and facilitating the integration of lived experience across all teams and services.
- Informing approaches to embedding lived experience in service design and delivery.

The Person

To be successful in this role, you will have formal qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g., health, social science, community services) and/or substantial related experience. You will have a strong commitment to working in partnership with consumers and carers to achieve meaningful reform and knowledge of working within a trauma-informed approach, promoting safety, trust, choice, collaboration and empowerment. Applications from individuals with a personal or direct lived experience of addiction recovery, including first-hand or carer experience of service challenges and the consequent impacts will be highly regarded.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working arrangements
- Salary packaging options

Next Steps

Applicants are advised to include a written response to the key selection criteria identified in the position description.

Selection Criteria

**Essential**: - Relevant qualifications or experience in senior lived experience discipline and sector leadership in the areas of alcohol and drugs and mental health

**Essential**: - Lived experience as a consumer of the AOD or mental health treatment system which you are willing/able to openly disclose as part of your work in this role.

**Essential**: - Community development or extensive experience in a senior leadership role within an organisation.

**Desirable**: - Qualifications in a health related or business/management field

Contact Person
Dan Lubman

Contact Number
(03) 8413 8400

Alternate Contact Person
Jon Tyler

Alternate Contact Number
(03) 8413 8413

Closing Date
17/03/2023



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