Lived Experience Worker

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•    Peer Support Worker - Carer 
•    Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time position based in Heidelberg
•    Lived and Living Experience Workforce

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About The Mental Health Division

The Mental Health Division (MHD) provides mental health assessment and interventions for people experiencing mental illness and their families and carers. Working from a recovery-oriented model, the Mental Health Division provides an array of hospital-based, community and specialist services for infants, children, young people, adults and older adults. 

About the role

The Lived Experience Worker – Carer Support is an integral member of the CCS multidisciplinary team. Drawing on their own, unique lived experience and

perspective as a carer of another person with a mental illness, they will contribute to the provision of recovery oriented, trauma-informed, evidence-based peer support interventions to families and carers.

A regular day will see you: 

• Provide invaluable support to the carers of our registered clients 
• Make meaningful change by bringing your lived experience to our team & help us make a difference 
• Help our clinicians to grow and understand the family/carer perspective & to provide hope and in belief in recovery 

About you:
As the Lived Experience Worker, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to support our consumers & their carers on their recovery journey. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Your experiences
• Your compassion and desire to help others
• Your ability to think outside of the box and work within a fast paced, high functioning team environment

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Emily McLean at Emily.McLean@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Monday 2 June 2025