Family LE Lead (LEW L5) -Community Forensic Youth Mental Health Service

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.

• Permanent, Full time + flexible ADO (1 EFT/80 hours)
• Lived Experience Worker Level 5
• Based in Moorabbin
• Great staff benefits! 5 weeks annual leave and salary packaging

The Department

Bayside Health (Alfred Care Group) are expanding the Community Youth Forensic Mental Health Service (CFYMHS). 

The expanded service will extend existing consultation services as well as provide direct service to children and young adults in Eastern Victoria.  The program will focus on early intervention with children and young people with offending behaviours to divert and enable alternative life trajectories.  The team will also work with interagency care teams, families and networks to better co-ordinate and address causal factors that lead to offending behaviour.  The team will be co-located with the ICYAMHWS service at Moorabbin and some outreach travel to locations across Eastern Victoria, both metropolitan and rural will be required.

Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Lived Experience Family Specialist roles are being recruited to ensure development of multidisciplinary community based forensic mental health services for children and youth.

The Role

In this role, you will shape the role of Family Lived Experience in the youth forensic mental health sector.  Responsive secondary consultation and advocacy will also be offered via a range of methods found to be successful in other consultation programs. 

This position will expand roles for Lived Experience staff to advocate for the needs of support networks and build skills of clinicians and workers to better understand and where possible address needs of caregivers through peer support, service development, education, and/or primary and secondary consultation. 

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Lived experience as a family member or significant other of a child or young person with mental health challenges (ideally a young person with forensic issues) is essential
• Previous experience in a designated senior family/carer lived experience role is essential
• Bachelor qualification and/or Relevant training in family/carer lived experience practice is desirable
• Australian working rights
• Current Influenza vaccination
• Be willing to complete a background check & have a satisfactory Working with Children Check

Staff Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities – deducted pre-tax!
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
• Located close to public transport and cafes

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

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Wendy McCulloch (Manager Family Carer Lived Experience) on ph.: 0439 196 093 or at [email protected]

Applications close 11pm AEST, Wednesday, 19th August 2026

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.