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Lived Experience Worker

4 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical and Nursing

Reference: 45702

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.

**LIVED EXPERIENCE WORKER - CARER SUPPORT**

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Carer Support Worker to join our new Statewide Child & Family Centre located in Macleod on a permanent part time basis.

The successful applicant will have lived experience as a family member or carer of a person with mental illness who has required treatment in the Victorian Public Mental Health system. The Lived Experience Worker - Carer Support is an integral member of the Centre's multidiciplinary team. The role provides carer support to consumer families and carers, following engagement with the Centre, using personal lived experience to provide a model of hope and recovery, including direct and over the phone support.
**Please refer to the position description for more details.**

**About the Statewide Child & Family Centre**:
The Victorian-first centre will focus on early intervention to support children up to the age of eleven and their families in a purpose-built building, providing specialised therapeutic residential and day program services. Up to three families can stay at any one time to receive 24 hour-a-day care from specialised child and family mental health carers.

**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:

- Generous salary packaging with a tax-free threshold of $29,860 to increase your take-home pay
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options

**Inclusion at Austin**:
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