Team Leader, Lived Experience Peer Work (LEW L5 or 6) - Statewide Services

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Full-time (1EFT/80 hours with flexible ADO) to August 2026
• Based between sites at Albert Rd Clinic and Armadale
• Lived Experience Worker Level 5 or Level 6 depending on experience
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision

What's in it for you

• Fitness Passport (Subscription membership to select gyms across Melbourne)
• Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment

About us

Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) is responsible for the operation of services, which focus on people with a severe mental illness residing in the Inner South Eastern area of Melbourne.

The single most important goal of AMAH is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.

LIVED EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE

The Lived Experience Workforce within AMAH is a growing and thriving workforce of designated lived experience roles. These roles include but are not limited to: Directors of Lived/Living Experience, Peer/Carer Program Coordinator, Senior Peer/Carer Support Workers, Consumer Consultants, Carer Consultants, Discovery College Leads and Educators, Peer/Carer Practice Leads and Peer/Carer Support Workers. We work across the Hospital and Emergency, Adult and Older Adult, headspace and Infant, Child & Youth, and Statewide Services including the Women’s Mental Health Service and the Residential Eating Disorders Service.

What you’ll be doing

The Team Leader – Lived Experience Peer Work position has been created to develop and lead the consumer and carer peer program within the AMAH State-wide Services Directorate, which includes the WREN Inpatient and HiTH programs, as well as the Ngamai Wilam Residential Eating Disorders service.

AMAH is an organisation expanding and evolving its lived/living experience peer workforce. This position has been created to support this workforce and will lead a team of Peer Workers (Consumer and Carer) within AMAH State-wide Services. This role is crucial in providing day-to-day operational support, coordinating rosters, and ensuring the well-being of both team members and service users. The Team Leader will be actively present and available within the WREN and Ngamai Wilam, fostering a supportive and responsive environment.

This position will play a key role in ensuring that the lived/living experience mental health peer workforce maintains a recovery-orientated focus and is supported:

• in meeting consumer and carer need across all program areas
• is integrated into service delivery systems including clinical systems and teams across the Alfred’s mental health services; and maintains clear scope of practice.

About you

• A lived experience of mental health challenges or has cared/supported someone who has accessed public or private mental health services.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a designated Lived Experience Work role
• LEW Level 5 - less than 2 years’ experience at senior level
• LEW Level 6 - more than 2 years’ experience at senior level
• Experience working collaboratively with individuals and groups to build and maintain effective relationships within multidisciplinary teams
• Formal qualifications are not mandatory for this role but may be helpful: Intentional Peer Support training, Peer Supervision Training and/or experience in leadership or management.
• Experience leading a team in a healthcare or community setting is desirable
• Australian working rights
• Current Influenza vaccination
• Current Victorian Driver's License and be willing to undergo a Background Check

Other benefits

A new carpark waiting list has been implemented at The Alfred.

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities nearby
• Fantastic onsite fitness facilities nearby at The Alfred through ProSport health and fitness
• Childcare services nearby at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services
• Close to public transport and cafes

If applicable, please specify specific requirements that you require in your cover letter or CV.

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the APPLY button, include your resume and cover letter. 

For more information regarding the position, please contact Emily Stowell (Operations Manager Statewide Services) via email [email protected], or Pru Howell-Jay (actiong Director of Lived/Living Experience Consumer) via email - [email protected]

Applications close by 11pm AEDT: Monday 20th April 2026.

NOTE we will be interviewing applicants as they apply, and may close the ad early if a suitable applicant is found.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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.