Family/Carer Live Experience Worker - Adult HOPE
Pay: Competitive
Location: Melbourne/Victoria
Employment type: Part-Time
Job Description
Req#: DKB6D
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research, and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
* Permanent, Part time (0.6EFT / 48 hrs)
* Salary Package: $43,499.37 - $46,146.44 + Superannuation
* Located at The Alfred
* Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
About us:
Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) is responsible for the operation of services which focus on people with a mental illness residing in the Inner South Eastern area of Melbourne. The HOPE - Suicide Prevention team provides 3 months’ intensive outreach psycho-social support and brief interventions to individuals discharged from hospital post a suicide attempt or who have presented with serious suicidal ideation.
About the role
The HOPE Suicide Prevention team is comprised of dedicated and compassionate mental health clinicians. We celebrate diversity within our workforce and are a socially active team with a genuine interest in each other’s wellbeing. We set high standards and our team is committed to delivering timely and effective care to individuals in need, ensuring their well-being and promoting recovery. We also value higher learning and have our own practice development clinicians who are dedicated to supporting the professional growth of clinicians to provide the best care possible.
About you
Essential:
* A personal lived experience of caring for a family member or someone with a suicidal crisis or a suicide attempt.
* Current Victorian driver’s licence.
Highly Regarded:
* Formal qualifications are not mandatory for this role but may be helpful (Certificate IV in Peer Work, Cert IV in Mental Health, Intentional Peer Support training).
* Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or equivalent or willingness to complete this within 12 months.
* Experience working in a peer support role.
* Experience of the public or private mental health system.
* Experience facilitating family/carer support groups.
* Australian working rights.
What's in it for you
Portable long service leave from other public health services, Fitness Passport (Discounted subscription membership at numerous gyms across Melbourne), supportive multi-disciplinary team environment, located close to public transport and cafes, great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - wellbeing initiatives, car parking (subject to availability), onsite gym, childcare services, access to salary packaging, novated leasing, and discounted health insurance and banking.
If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the APPLY button, include your resume and cover letter. Enquiries to Gill Maddern on 0428 897 722.
Applications Close: 11pm AEST, Tuesday 29th April 2025.
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged. In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
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About the company
The Alfred Hospital, also known as The Alfred or Alfred Hospital, is a leading tertiary teaching hospital in Melbourne, Victoria.
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