Lived Experience Worker

4 days ago

Heidelberg, Australia Austin Health Full time

**Reference Number**:1715

**Category**:Mental Health

**Department**:Adult & Older Adult Services

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**
- ** Peer Support Worker - Carer**

- Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time position based in Heidelberg**
- Lived and Living Experience Workforce**
- Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About The Mental Health Division**
- The Mental Health Division (MHD) provides mental health assessment and interventions for people experiencing mental illness and their families and carers. Working from a recovery-oriented model, the Mental Health Division provides an array of hospital-based, community and specialist services for infants, children, young people, adults and older adults.

**About the role**
- The Lived Experience Worker - Carer Support is an integral member of the CCS multidisciplinary team. Drawing on their own, unique lived experience and
- perspective as a carer of another person with a mental illness, they will contribute to the provision of recovery oriented, trauma-informed, evidence-based peer support interventions to families and carers.
- A regular day will see you:

- Provide invaluable support to the carers of our registered clients
- Make meaningful change by bringing your lived experience to our team & help us make a difference
- Help our clinicians to grow and understand the family/carer perspective & to provide hope and in belief in recovery

**About you**:
As the Lived Experience Worker, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to support our consumers & their carers on their recovery journey. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
- To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

- Your experiences
- Your compassion and desire to help others
- Your ability to think outside of the box and work within a fast paced, high functioning team environment

**Our benefits**
- Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description**for further details.**

**Application closing date: Monday 2 June 2025

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