Family/Carer Lived Experience Worker - Adult HOPE

Alfred Health

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.

HOPE - the Suicide Prevention team provide 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.

The HOPE Suicide Prevention team is comprised of dedicated and compassionate mental health clinicians and lived experience workers. 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 a supportive lived experience management team who are dedicated to supporting the professional growth of our lived experience workers.

The Role

The Carer Peer Worker works in conjunction with our clinical team to provide support to family members or other carers in the network of the consumer. Carers/family members and friends often provide the main safety net and support system for a consumer. Evidence shows that when carers/family and friends are involved with services, outcomes for consumers improve.

The aim of Carer Peer Support is to:

• minimise the impact of complex mental health issues on carers and significant others of consumers within the service;
• and support the engagement of carers/families and significant others with the service in order to enhance the process of recovery for consumers experiencing serious suicidal ideation.

About You

As our Carer Peer Worker, you will draw from your own lived experience in a purposeful manner to offer support, either face to face or over the telephone, to families, carers and supporters of our consumers.

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 (Manager Carer Lived Experience Workforce) on 0428 897 722, or Breeanna Campbell (Team Leader HOPE) on 0457 451 834

Applications close 11pm AEST, Sunday 18th May 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. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au