Carer Consultant

7 days ago


Greater Adelaide SA, Australia SA Health Full time

Job no: 915636

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide Metro Southern

Categories: Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health

  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Mental Health Services
  • Salary $67, $72,033.00 p.a. (Pro Rata) OPS3 | Part Time 32 hours per week – On Going

Join our Mental Health Services Team

The Carer Consultant is a key component of recovery orientated mental health service delivery and will draw on their own lived experience of personally caring for a person with mental illness and accessing the mental health service system.

About the role:

The Carer Consultant will undertake a range of functions that require a high level of skills and knowledge in carer support.

Duties for the role will include:

  • Provide high level support to carers to articulate their needs and goals, and the way in which they want to receive support, and advocate for their inclusion in care planning and service delivery with the consumers consent.
  • Providing high level carer lived experience, skills and strategies to promote family based recovery and family inclusive practice
  • Delivering and providing a responsive service and support that is able to articulate needs and is sensitive to relationship, social and cultural values of the consumer and family/carer.
  • Support carers to connect with community networks, groups and services relevant to their needs and aspirations.

About you:

  • Lived experience as a carer of a consumer accessing mental health services and support
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain working relationships with a wide range of people from differing cultural / language /sexuality/ health backgrounds.
  • Demonstrated commitment, respect, empathy and appreciation towards the sensitivities of mental health consumers, carers and other stakeholders.
  • Understanding of and empathy for the consumer role in mental health services, including human rights, health, well-being and family relationships, especially in the area of social and emotional well-being.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: The Talent Acquisition Team on

Application Closing Date:11.55 pm Monday 3rd November 2025

Attachments:

  • OPS3 Carer Consultant MTC Role Description
  • Australian applicant guidelines
  • International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

  • We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
  • The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
  • Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
  • SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 915636

Advertised: 20 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Applications close: 03 Nov 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time


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