• Join a specialist service providing high acuity care in consumers own homes 
• Great work/life balance - Permanent Part Time – 64 hours per fortnight
• Draw upon your lived experience of supporting and caring for a person with mental distress/illness

About the service

An initiative coming out of the Royal Commission, Barwon Health’s Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HITH), is one of a limited number of HITH programs being established and evaluated across the state of Victoria. The aim is to provide timely and effective, intensive treatment and support for individuals aged 16 years and older with high acuity mental health and / or AOD needs, in their home environment. The service provides 9 adult and youth acute mental health bed-equivalent packages of care and operates 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.

About you

• Lived experience of caring for someone with mental distress/illness and/or drug and alcohol use
• Lived experience of public mental health services
• Previous experience as a carer peer support worker or senior carer peer support worker
• Experience supporting others through intentional sharing of lived experience
• Sound knowledge of peer support principles

About the role

Guided by the Lived Experience Manager and the Operational Manager of MH HITH, you will provide expert input into the continued development of the peer support component of the service and, more broadly, the development of the carer peer support program across the service. Other duties of your role include;

• Providing one-on-one peer support
• Facilitate peer support groups for carers
• Provide carer perspective supervision to MHDAS carer peer support workers
• Participate in MHDAS educational activities designed to promote greater understanding of lived experience work, in particular peer support work, at the service

The Senior Carer Peer Worker will draw upon their lived experience of supporting and caring for a person with mental distress/illness who has or is accessing mental health and/or alcohol and other drug services to inform their practice.

What we offer

• 5 weeks annual leave + the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Located in the centre of Geelong's CBD, walking distance to the waterfront and cafes
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
• Attractive salary packaging benefits!
  • Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments
  • Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Mental Health Recruitment via email at mentalhealth.recruitment@barwonhealth.org.au

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.

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