Lived Experience Worker

Lived Experience Worker (Carer) - Hospital Outreach Post-Suicide Engagement (HOPE) Team

 The role of the Lived Experience Worker (Carer) has been developed for people who have firsthand experience in providing care for a family member or close relationship with mental health challenges. The purpose of this position is to acknowledge the critical role of family/carers in recovery as well as the importance of linking family/carers into support for themselves. The Lived Experience Worker (Carer) will identify support needs as well as providing emotional and practical support.

 The HOPE team actively engage clients in the assessment of their own suicide risk and actively contribute to their suicide prevention plan in order to minimize the risk of attempting suicide in the future. The HOPE team will work in a manner that encourages and invites consumer and family participation and promotes self- determination. The Lived Experience Worker (Carer) will work collaboratively with the HOPE team and other members of the Lived Experience Workforce across Mercy Mental Health, to engage and provide support through a range of mediums which includes outreach, telehealth and site-based work.

• Permanent Part-time Role (0.5 EFT - onsite).
• Based at Werribee Mercy Hospital.
• Friendly, innovative, professional team who are dedicated to helping people.
• Key component of our multidisciplinary service.

ABOUT YOU: 

• Current unrestricted driver’s license

• Experience as carer of a mental health consumer

• Qualification, working towards, or willing to work towards peer specific training (i.e.- Intentional Peer Support)

• Training in other relevant mental health and suicide specific areas.

ABOUT US:

Mercy Mental Health (South West Area Mental Health Service) is a public mental health service supporting people in south west metropolitan Melbourne with severe and complex mental illnesses by providing acute and community-based care. Services are available to adults through acute inpatient programs, residential rehabilitation programs and crisis and community recovery-focused treatment programs. We also deliver inpatient and community specialist perinatal mental health services to women and infants in western Victoria.

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

• caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
• encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and supporting all staff to be their authentic selves at work through our network group for LGBTIQ+ staff and allies
• protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect
• taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable

• offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services. 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Candidates are required to meet the position and qualification requirements.
• Provide a current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check (Mercy Health may conduct additional background checks subject to current legislation).
• Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process, please contact us on the details below.

Contact Details

• Sebastian Low (Team Leader)
• 8754 3560 
• ****@mercy.com.au

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