Carer Consultant

7 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Peninsula Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Peninsula Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 32969
- **Great team, respectful culture & supportive management**:

- **Excellent salary packaging benefits, discounted onsite parking and employee benefits program**:

- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
**Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

The Lived Experience Workforce (LEW) is an integral component of the Peninsula Health Mental Health Service (PHMHS). It comprises of different lived experience roles including Consumer and Family/Carer Consultants, Consumer and Family/Carer Peer Workers, specialist project roles and leadership and management.
The Carer Consultant role has been developed specifically for someone with a personal experience of caring for someone with mental health challenges or distress and recovery. The incumbent will contribute a carer lived experience perspective within PHMHS committees, consultations, focus groups and other relevant meetings to champion the lived experience voice and enhance service outcomes for consumers, families, carers and supporters.
The Carer Consultant will also provide PHMHS carers with information, advice and support to navigate the mental health system with the aim of enhancing carer outcomes. This support will be provided in conjunction with other LEW roles, such as family carer peer workers, depending on the individual’s needs.
The Carer Consultant will also promote and provide engagement opportunities for carers to partner with Peninsula Health around the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of mental health services.
This position will support the implementation of the Consumer Carer Feedback Loops pilot initiative.

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Ability to share lived experience to support the work of PHMHS and ensure practice is sensitive to the needs of families, carers and supporters
- Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships (internally and externally)
- Experience using Microsoft Office

**What Next**

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**Additional Requirements**

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.

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