Mental Health Consumer Advocate

1 week ago

Traralgon, Victoria, Australia Latrobe Regional Hospital Full time

Mental Health Consumer Advocate

Latrobe Regional Health is seeking a Consumer Perspective Worker to join our Traralgon Community Mental Health team on a part-time basis.

As a Consumer Perspective Worker, you will provide peer support to consumers who are receiving care from Latrobe Regional Health Mental Health Service.

You will form mutually supportive and empathetic peer relationships by appropriately and purposefully sharing your own story and understanding of the impacts of mental distress and illness on consumers.

You will use your lived experiences supporting someone through service use and recovery to provide emotional and practical support, making it easier to navigate the mental health system, and inspiring confidence, optimism, and hope in others about the journey of recovery.

LRH employees enjoy access to:

  • Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
  • Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
  • Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO's, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
  • Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
  • Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff

We are looking for candidates with:

  • Lived experience of being a consumer of mental health services
  • A willingness to purposefully and appropriately use your own story to help others further their own understanding of and belief in recovery
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team

For more information, please contact Linda Waters or John Witschi for a confidential discussion.

About LRH

LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier's Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award.

We are located in Gippsland, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with a $217 million expansion nearing completion.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH.

Diversity and Inclusion

We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community.

LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants.

IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.

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