Co-ordinator Consumer Peer Cadet Program

3 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Alfred Health Full time

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- **Full-time with flexible ADO to 30 June 2025**:

- ** Based in St Kilda Rd location**:

- ** Lived Experience Worker Level 4**:

- ** Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision**

**What's in it for you**
- **Fitness Passport (Subscription membership to select gyms across Melbourne)**:

- ** Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment**

**About us**

Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) is responsible for the operation of services, which focus on people with a severe mental illness residing in the Inner South Eastern area of Melbourne.

The single most important goal of AMAH is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.

**Workforce Development and Education**

AMAH Workforce Development and Education is a dynamic team of interdisciplinary clinicians including lived experience Peers providing training and education to Nursing, Peer Workers and Allied Health staff working in all areas of psychiatry. We work closely with management and staff to support cultural change and personal development using a collaborative approach.

**LIVED EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE**

The Lived Experience Workforce within AMAH is a growing and thriving workforce of designated lived experience roles. These roles include but are not limited to: Directors of Lived/Living Experience, Peer/Carer Program Coordinator, Senior Peer/Carer Support Workers, Consumer Consultants, Carer Consultants, Discovery College Leads and Educators, Peer/Carer Practice Leads and Peer/Carer Support Workers. We work across the Hospital and Emergency, Adult and Older Adult, headspace and Infant, Child & Youth, and Statewide Services including the Women’s Mental Health Service and the Residential Eating Disorders Service.

**What you’ll be doing**

In this role, you will undertake administrative and educational responsibilities for the delivery of the Peer Cadet Program which will include co-ordination of day-to-day activities, co-facilitation of learning modules, support with discipline supervision & reflective practice. The position will also support the co-ordination of consumer peer placement and assessment of job readiness of Peer Cadets through observation of experiential learning within the clinical mental health setting.

**About you**
- Personal lived experience of mental health challenges and a commitment to ongoing recovery
- Minimum 2-4 years’ experience of in a designated consumer lived experience role, preferably in clinical mental health settings
- A passion for the development and education for the lived experience workforce
- Be able to articulate and demonstrate in your role the guiding principles, values and ethics of peer support work within a mental health environment.
- Australian working rights
- Full Covid-19 and 2024 Influenza vaccinations
- Be willing to undergo a Background Check

**Other benefits**
- Salary Packaging & Novated Leasing through Maxxia.
- Flexible Heath Insurance coverage through HCF Health Insurance
- On-site car & bike parking opportunities, Deducted Pre-Tax
- Fantastic onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred through ProSport Health and Fitness.
- Child Care Services at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the **APPLY **button, include your resume and cover letter.

**For more information regarding the position, please contact Pru Howell-Jay on ph: 0436 858 674**

**Closing date: 11pm AEST, Thursday 7th November 2024**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

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