Family/carer Peer Worker

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 59240

Monash Health is excited to announce a new position as part of the expansion to the Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal engagement (HOPE).

**About HOPE**:
The HOPE program provides psychosocial support for people who are identified as having presented with suicide or self-harm attempt, or suicidal or intentional self-harm ideation. The initiative aims to provide follow-up care and support for people who traditionally would not have received such intervention immediately after hospital discharge, with broader referral pathways and targeted psychosocial support. The aim of the initiative is to prevent avoidable suicide attempts and reduce the number of completed suicides by providing targeted psychosocial support services to a cohort of people in an assertive manner in the community for up to 3 months from the time of discharge.
- Be part of a dynamic team wiho provide an outreach aservice
- Enviable suppervision and development opportunities available

**About HOPE 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**

Within a relationship of mutuality and information sharing, Family/Carer Peer Workers use their own lived experience of caring for someone with mental health issues to provide emotional support, focus on family/carer wellbeing, and promote choice, self-determination and greater opportunities for family members and carers to be heard. Family/Carer Peer Workers work as part of a multidisciplinary team and establish strong, effective working relationships with clinical, allied health, and Consumer Peer Work staff.

Family/Carer Peer Workers act as recovery champions within the mental health program and may be involved in other activities including training and education, improving experience of care and service evaluation.

Families/Carers follow up both by phone and face-to-face contacts within the community, or the family/carer’s own environment in an assertive outreach manner.

**About You**

You are an advocate for families and carers who require support during difficult times.

**You Are Also**
- committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively

**What You Need**
- Demonstrated experience
- lived experience knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of peer support principles
- Experience working in family.carer lived experinece role

**What We Offer**
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to 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.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.