Family Carer Peer Worker Level 2
2 weeks ago
Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 59906
We are recruiting for a family/carer peer worker to join our peer work team, providing support to carers and family member of consumer who have accessed Southeast Private Hospital. This role requires lived experience of caring for someone (a close friend or family member) with a significant mental illness**. (Please note, this role has not been created for persons who have worked only as a carer in a paid employment capacity).**
The role will require the successful applicant to work across a 5 day Monday - Friday roster.
**About Monash Health**
**About our Emergency Services at Monash Health**
Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 18,000 people across a range of specialities.
Monash Health Emergency Departments treat over 150,000 emergency patients a year at Monash Medical Centre Clayton campus, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital. Patients have access to a full range of treatment options, including intensive care.
**About The Role**
Based at South Eastern Private Hospital, you will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide valuable peer support to family members and carers of consumers during their inpatient admission and for up to 28 days post discharge. This position may be required to work across our other sites (Dandenong, Clayton and Casey hospitals).
**About You**
You will have lived experience of caring for someone with a significant mental illness, and have the ability to share your lived experience, as appropriate, to support other carers to help built understanding, hope, and resilience in line with peer support principles.
**What You Need**
- Relevant lived experience (aligned to position description)
- Ability and willingness to share own lived experience as appropriate to support others
- Australian working rights
**What We Offer**:
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals and external training to develop your peer work skills & knowledge base
- mentorship, supervision and group supervision.
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive working environment
- professional development and excellent training opportunities
In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to subsidised onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
**How to Apply**
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
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