Family/carer Peer Worker

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Full time

Orygen Specialist Program Melbourne Part-time

1/3/2024
- Ongoing part-time role | 2 days per week
- Based in Sunshine and Wyndham
- Excellent team culture and development opportunities

Your new team
Orygen Specialist Program, a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, pro0vides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.
The Orygen Continuing Care Team in Sunshine and Wyndham provide access to outpatient community care by a multidisciplinary team ensuring comprehensive, collaborative and coordinated care.
Your new role
In this role, you will offer support to families, friends and carers of young people in the Wyndham and Melton areas. In this role, you will also:

- Draw on your Lived Experience of supporting your family member/significant other and offer empathetic listening, providing peer support and information
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and provide lived experience specific values and perspective
- Have a broad understanding of the differing perspectives of the impact of mental illness health on families/carers and the community
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds

About you:

- Personal lived experience as a family, carer or supporter of someone who has accessed public mental health services, preferably a youth mental health service.
- Are determined to make a difference to the health outcomes for young people.
- Qualifications/training in mental health are desirable but not essential.

Benefits of working with us:

- You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term
- Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and close to public transport.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees

Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities. For a confidential conversation, please contact Susan Preece on 0422202554.



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