Lived Experience Worker

1 day ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Ongoing - Full Time

**Salary**:$31 - $34

**Grade**:Undefined

**Occupation**: Health and Allied Health

**Location**: Melbourne

**Reference**: 1715

**_ 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**

Applications close Monday 2 June 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 13 May 2025

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