Address Carer Lived Experience Worker
Bairnsdale location
Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a Carer Lived Experience worker to join our Bairnsdale Community Mental health services on a part time ongoing basis.
As a Carer Lived Experience Worker, you will provide peer support to carers, family members, and supporters who have a relative or friend receiving care from Latrobe Regional Health Mental Health Service. You will form mutually supportive and empathetic peer relationships by appropriately and purposefully sharing your own story and understanding of the impacts of mental distress and illness on families and carers. You will use your Lived Experiences supporting someone through service use and recovery to provide emotional and practical support, making it easier to navigate the Mental Health system, and inspiring confidence, optimism, and hope in others about the journey of recovery.
LRH employees enjoy access to:
Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
We are looking for candidates with:
Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, Intentional Peer Support Training, or other peer workforce experience OR an undertraining to complete relevant education within 2 years of employment
Demonstrated practical understanding of the issues and concerns experienced by families, carers, and supporters of people experiencing Mental Health challenges and service use
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Linda Waters on(03) 5128 0100 for a confidential discussion.
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and Mental Health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au
Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8653.
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.
