Lived Experience Worker

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 50966

Adult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Carer Support
- Peer Support Worker - Carer
- Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time
- Based in Heidelberg
- Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Continuing Care Service (CCS)

**About Austin Health**:
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

**Your new team**:
CCS is a multidisciplinary team of highly passionate, experienced, supportive, collaborative and enthusiastic mental health professionals. Our values underpin everything we do. This role is a unique opportunity to have a real impact in meeting the needs of one of our community’s most complex and vulnerable cohorts. You will form solid working-relationships within the pre-existing community teams, and foster strong therapeutic relationships with our clients & their carers.
We support rehabilitation goals through the use of best evidence-based frameworks and assertive case management.

**Your contribution**:

- Direct personal (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.
- Understanding of contemporary trends and issues regarding mental health services from a Lived Experience family/carer perspective
- The ability to use Lived Experience family/carer perspective with staff and to provide hope and a belief in recovery.
- Understanding and appreciation of the principles of recovery, including social connectedness, holistic care provision and peer-based examples of wellness.
- Demonstrated knowledge of recovery and collaborative clinical practice.

**Our Commitment to You**:

- We foster a culture that celebrates and respects each and every person
- Generous salary packaging program to maximise your take-home pay
- Conveniently located near public transport
- Short stroll to the Burgundy Street shopping district
- Career development opportunities
- We support work-life balance through:

- Opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Health and wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Program

Questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out We are happy to discuss your future with us.

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