AddressAlfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
Have you been/or are you, a family member or significant other of a person with a first episode of psychosis and/or complex mental health?
If the answer is YES - we are looking for YOU!
- Permanent, Part-time (3 days/wk)
- Based in Bentleigh with some travel required
- Classification: Lived Experience Worker Level 2
- Lived experience as a family member or significant other of a person with complex mental health, ideally a young person
- People with culturally diverse backgrounds local to the area are encouraged to apply
- Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
ABOUT US:
headspace Early Psychosis is one of the world’s most comprehensive youth Early Psychosis programs being delivered through one program in each Australian state. Through this new initiative, young people and their families have timely access to comprehensive evidence-based Early Psychosis services. This program aims to intervene early with young people who have unusual sensory experiences and/or beliefs and their families and supporters. The service builds on strengths and resilience, uses the wisdom of lived experience and fosters hope, potential, and recovery.
Family Peer Support
The Family Peer Support Work (FPSW) program works in conjunction with our clinical teams to provide support to family members or other carers in the network of the young person. Family members and friends often provide the main safety net and support system for a young person. Evidence shows that when family and friends are involved with services, outcomes for young people improve.
The aim of Family Peer Support is to:
- minimise the impact of complex mental health on family and significant others of young people within the service; and
- support the engagement of families and significant others with the service in order to enhance the process of recovery for young people experiencing complex mental health.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
In this role, you will draw from your own lived experience to offer support either face to face or over the telephone, to families of young people aged 12-25 years attending the Enhanced headspace service and who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
WHAT YOU HAVE:
- Lived experience as a family member or significant other of a person with a first episode of psychosis and/or complex mental health, ideally a young person (essential)
- An interest to support others using your own lived experience (essential)
- Confidence to advocate for yourself and families in a clinical environment
- Bi/multilingual desirable
- Appropriate work visa and current Victorian Driver's License
- Full Covid-19 and 2024 Influenza vaccinations
- Current Working with Children Check or willing to obtain one, and be willing to undergo a Background Check
OTHER BENEFITS:
- Portable long service leave from other public health services
- A supportive and fun team working environment
- Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - Wellbeing initiatives, access to salary packaging, novated leasing and discounted health insurance and banking
- Great work life balance & located close to public transport and cafes
If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the APPLY button, including your resume and cover letter.
For more information regarding the position please contact Vanessa Lindley (Family/Carer Peer Program Mgr) on ph: 0439 196 ***
Closing date: Thursday, 27th June 2024 by 11pm AEST
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
In accordance with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all Alfred Health employees are required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption. Furthermore, in accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
