Project Coordinator- Family and Carer Engagement

3 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Full time

Location: Melbourne

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Projects

Reference: 15534
- Project coordinator
- Family and Carer Engagement opportunity for aFixed Term 6 months Contract
- Proposed salary $92,856.40 plus 10.5% super
- Based at Thomas Embling Hospital

**Job location**

Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria.

Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital,?located in Fairfield?just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne city centre.?Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136-bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care programs. It includes a dedicated women’s unit.

**About the Role**:

- Ability to develop and implement a Strategic Plan to engaged families and carers
- Ability to understand the needs of Carers, Families and supporters within All Forensicares service delivery
- An understanding of the co-design framework and alignment with Forensicares Model Of Care
- Good coomunication skills with all key stakeholders.

**Duties**:

- Engage and collaborate with relevant internal and external stakeholders across all stages of the project
- Co-design a plan for carer and family engagement in the Prisons Services and Community Forensic Mental Health Services
- Co-design and trial a concierge service for families and carers at Thomas Embling Hospital

**About You**:

- Knowledge and understanding of issues facing carers and families in the mental health and criminal justice systems
- Demonstrated experience in planning and project management in a health-related sector
- Demonstated ability to work effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in collaborative working and / or co-design

**What you need**:
**A culture where people matter.**
- Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of managers and supervisors.
- Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
- A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
- Access to an employee assistance program - an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
- A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological support, peer support and critical incidence response programs, as needed.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of three COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencing work at Forensicare. Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. All applicants will also be required to provide evidence of a flu vaccination.

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