Project Lead, Peer Cadet Program

2 weeks ago


South Melbourne, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Job no**: 509819

**Work type**: Permanent Part Time

**Location**: Melbourne South

**Categories**: Mental Health
- **Leading Community Services Organisation**:

- **Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration**:

- **Part Time (38 hours per fortnight), Maximum Term (until July 2024)**

**About the opportunity**:
The Peer Cadet Program responds to the Royal Commission’s recommendation to increase the number of entry points for lived experience workforces and provide a supportive and structured environment for learning.

The Project Lead will have a lived experience of recovery from mental ill health and will be willing to purposefully use their story to help others further their understanding. The role will also undertake a coordination and service readiness role; undertaking the scoping and development work required to establish the Peer Cadet Program.

The role will design and pilot the prequalification Peer Cadet Program in alignment with the purpose and outcome requirements described by Mental Health Victoria.

**About you**:

- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, Formal Tertiary Qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, OT, Psychiatric Nursing, Youth Work, or other Allied Health Disciplines.
- Lived experience as a consumer of mental health services.
- Strong understanding of the needs and issues facing people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
- Strong understanding of the needs and issues facing Carers of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
- The capacity to effectively supervise, lead, mentor and coach a team who have lived experience.

**How to apply**:

- Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability by addressing the key/core selection criteria according to the position description)
- Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

**Applications close on Tuesday 16 May 2023**

**Get in touch**:
For more information about the role, please contact Carly Gibson, Manager - Community Mental Health on 0419 115 848

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._

**Advertised**: 03 May 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 16 May 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time


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