Practice Supervisor Peer Cadet Program

3 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: 32982
- **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/Living Experience Workforce (LLEW) is an integral component of the Peninsula Health Mental Health Service (PHMHS). It comprises of different lived experience disciplines including consumer and family/carer consultants, consumer and family/carer peer workers, specialist project roles and senior leadership roles.
The Practice Supervisor - Peer Cadet Program role has been developed specifically for people with a personal experience of mental health challenges or psychological distress and recovery. The successful incumbent will use their lived/living experience expertise and strong knowledge of coproduction principles to lead the planning, development, coordination, implementation, delivery and evaluation of the Peer Cadet Program.
The Peer Cadet Program responds to the Royal Commission’s recommendation to increase the number of entry points into lived experience workforces and provide a supportive, structured, learning environment for people with lived experience to enter paid employment while undertaking relevant study.
As a Practice Supervisor, a key component of this role is the provision of Consumer Perspective Supervision to both cadets and peer workers to ensure best practice and consistency aligned with the PHMHS Core Work Practice and Frameworks.

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
- Personal experience of mental health challenges or psychological distress and recovery
- Recognition and understanding of own experiences and ability to use this to support connect, trust and understand with peer cadets and peer work staff
- Experience as a lived experience worker in a mental health setting
- Experience and ability to provide supervision and reflective practice (both 1:1 and group)
- Ability to develop safe, structured learning environments for staff

**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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