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Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours per fortnight: 56
Job Category: Other Professionals - Lived Experience
Req Id: 8021
* Join Barwon Health, delivering care across the region's largest health service
* Excellent work-life balance with this part time position
* Bring your lived experience of caring for a person accessing tertiary mental health services to this growing Lived Experience team
About The Role
Barwon Health Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service has a significant Lived Experience Team embedded within the Service consisting of family/carer and consumer workers. The Senior Family Carer Consultant will work with the Senior Consumer Consultant as guided by the Lived Experience Director.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintain the Lived Experience Network and co‐produce the monthly newsletter
* Manage the administration of the Carer Support Fund at MHDAS
* Work as an integral part of the carer LEW at MHDAS
* Provide carer perspective supervision to MHDAS peer support workers
* Assist in MHDAS educational activities designed to promote greater understanding of lived experience work, in particular peer support work, at the service
What We're Looking For
* Personal lived experience supporting or caring for a loved one who has accessed tertiary mental health services and the ability to use that experience safely and purposefully in supporting the carer LEW
* Learned lived expertise through a minimum of 4 years in a designated carer LEW role (including senior roles)
* Commitment to reflective practice, quality improvement, teamwork, and recognising risk, boundaries and escalation pathways
Barwon Health staff benefits
* Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
* A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
* Extensive professional development opportunitiesAttractive salary packaging benefits
o Living expenses capped at $9,010
o Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
Diversity and Inclusion
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Child Safety
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Further information on the Victorian Government's Child Safe Standards is .
Additional Information
If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at .
All Appointments Are Subject To
* Satisfactory Police Record Check
* Immunisation Status Clearance
* Working with Children Check (if applicable)
Application closing date: Monday 1, June 2026
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