**Title**:Family Carer Peer Work**:
- Location: Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135- Job Posting Date: 6 Dec 2024Do you work for Eastern Health currently? If so, please log in to Eastern Health Careers Employee Login using your network login details to see the full range of jobs available to you
**Carer/Family Peer Support Worker**
- Permanent Part Time | 0.6 EFT/45.6 hours per fortnight
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Service | Designated Carer/Family Lived Experience Role
- Culture of learning and improvement | Partner in care at a leading health service
**Eastern Health**
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.
**About the role**
Are you a carer of a family member or friend who has used adult public mental health services?
Are you passionate about carers and families having a voice and receiving the best possible supports?
An exciting opportunity now exists for an experienced Carer Peer Worker join role within Eastern Health's Adult & Older Adult Mental Health Service.
The Carer Peer Worker shall work collaboratively with other staff and management of the Eastern Health Adult and Older Adult Mental Health focussed service, to ensure the best possible support and participation opportunities for carers and families. This role requires independent and autonomous work practices and senior lived experience skills.
**About you**
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Lived experience as carer of a family member/friend who has accessed public mental health services
- Demonstrated ability to work systemically with internal and external services and staff to benefit carers and families.
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
**What we offer**
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals
**Next Steps**
**Good to know**:
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
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