Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Monash Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 65660
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced family carer peer worker to provide valuable lived experienced peer support utilising the principles of Intentional Peer Support and the Expanding Post Discharge Support Initiative.
You will have experience caring for someone with mental health issues and a minimum 2 years of experience as a family carer peer worker. It is expected you will contribute to effective discharge planning to support successful discharge and reduction in readmission rates, by promotion of family inclusive practise, community engagement and support, education and support to families and carers, and support post discharge where appropriate.
The role offers valuable opportunity to step up to the next level of responsibility and experience where you will provide mentoring and supervision to Level 2 peer family carer peer workers, participate in training, recruitment and orientation processes, and provide support to the broader team of family carer peer workers as required.
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Monash Health is Victoria's largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people's homes.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Protected Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
Monash Health will offer:
salary packaging
friendly and supportive culture
opportunity to experience various teams
on-going supervision and professional development
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