Family/carer Peer Worker

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 57716

**Family/Carer Peer Worker Level 2 ( Monash Medical Centre, Clayton - Emergency Department)**

**7day rotating roster**
- Purposefully share lived experiences to offer hope and support to families and carers
- Multidisciplinary team approach to care

**About Monash Health**

**About the Role and You**

The Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Team within the Emergency Department is designed to provide timely and effective assessment, treatment and post-discharge assertive support for individuals presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with high acuity mental health needs or substance use issues.

As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, Family/Carer peer workers will provide mutual support and practical assistance to families and carers.

You will:

- Purposefully share lived experiences to offer hope and support
- Work closely with service leaders and clinicians to promote a multidisciplinary team approach to care that is sensitive and responsive to the needs and views of consumers and their families
- Support family and carers to access Community Support Sector Services, and other appropriate community services to assist in their roles supporting consumers

About you:

- Family member or carer lived experience of supporting someone with mental ill health and recovery
- Understanding of the Victorian public mental health system and Carers Recognition Act (2012)
- Experience working in a family member or carer lived experience role (or agreed equivalent experience)
- Recognition and understanding of own family member or carer lived experience and ability to use this appropriately to support others
- Ability to reflect on personal self-care and wellbeing, and own resilience
- Ability to use own experience to inspire hope and belief in recovery
- Ability to work with people from a strengths perspective
- Ability to listen with empathy and support people to discover their own solutions.
- Willingness to participate in relevant training and supervision programs for family and carer peer workers
- Ability to be able to put own viewpoint forward whilst respecting the views of others
- Effective communication skills and an ability to communicate in everyday, non-clinical language
- Ability to support people to discover meaningful connections in the community
- Ability to organise workload and manage time effectively
- Experience in working within a multidisciplinary team, and an understanding of the dynamics of a positive team culture

You are also:

- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & family and carer advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively

What you need:

- Completion of Intentional Peer Support (IPS) training and/or Certificate IV in mental health or mental health peer work, or equivalent qualification
- Australian working rights

**What we offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- regular supervision from senior peer workers
- 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 subsidised staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

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.

**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.