(28/9/2025) Senior Lived Experience Worker

Senior Lived Experience Worker - Eating Disorders page is loaded## Senior Lived Experience Worker - Eating Disorderslocations: VIC - Melbourne, CBD & Inner Suburbstime type: Part timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: October 5, 2025 (26 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR144284## Job Description:• Excellent benefits including salary packaging • Fitzroy location • Friendly and dynamic team • Permanent, Part Time Thursday **About the Role**As the BETRS Peer Support Worker, you will have lived experience of and sustained recovery from an eating disorder. The primary purpose of the role is to provide hope for recovery and peer support for consumers accessing the service.**** You will support consumers in their recovery journey by:* Assisting with meal support and social eating outings (which requires agreeance to eating with consumers at these times).* Lead group sessions from own lived experience and Co-facilitate other groups as appropriate.* Provide one to one peer support sessions either face to face or via phone/telehealth.Classifications for this position will range from **MP36-MP39** ($76,086.40- $83,168.80 per annum). **Your Contribution*** Lived experience of an eating disorder.* Sustained recovery from an eating disorder for a minimum of 2 years.* Minimum of 2 years experience in a Lived or living experience role (or equivalent type of role such as a mentor or advocate)* Completion of (or willingness to undertake) Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Training.**What we Offer** • A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs • Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling • Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities • Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay • In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks **St Vincent's Mental Health** *The St Vincent’s Mental Health Program are looking for people who are creative and imaginative around the possibilities that change can bring. We pride ourselves on seeking out and recruiting people who truly care, and are warm and friendly. We are looking for like-minded staff who are passionate, enjoy team work, and who come to work to make a difference to people’s lives. If this is you, we would love to hear from you.* **Working at St Vincent’s** St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence. **Application** You must state in your cover letter that you have a lived experience of an Eating DisorderPlease attach your resume and cover letter to your application. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. **We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.** Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM. SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations). This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.## Closing Date:4 October 2025 11:59pm## Reconciliation Action Plan:*At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.**For further information, visit https or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au*## Code of Conduct:St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a Catholic not-for-profit healthcare provider with a reputation for compassionate care and world-leading innovation. Part of the St Vincent’s Health Australia group, we are a leading tertiary teaching hospital providing a comprehensive suite of services including acute medical and surgical services, emergency and critical care, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative and residential care.Operating from 18 sites across greater Melbourne, this includes a major teaching, academic research and tertiary referral centre situated in Fitzroy, a soon to be established Rapid Access Hub at St Vincent’s Hospital on The Park, St George’s Health Service Kew, palliative care at Caritas Christi Hospice, as well as aged care, correctional health, mental health and community centres, pathology collection centres, general practice services and dialysis satellite centres. We continue to be at the forefront of care for Victoria’s most in-need communities.Employing more than 7,000 staff and with over 880 beds in daily use, the core aim of SVHM is to improve the patient experience through better access, superior outcomes and a more efficient and responsive health service.
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