21 Jul
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne
-Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 70505
**Family/Carer Peer Worker**
- ** Ongoing part-time role | 4 days per fortnight**:
- ** Based in Footscray | Excellent team culture and development opportunities**:
- ** Make a difference in the lives of young people and their families/carers**
**Your new role**:
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and provide a lived experience specific values and perspective
- Support young people and their families/carers with goal setting, group sessions, navigating system, problem-solving barriers to participation
- Support with recruitment, induction, training and supervision of other family/carer peer workers across Orygen
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds
**Your new team**:
- Orygen Specialist Program provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.
**About you**:
- Lived experience as a carer of a young person accessing youth mental health services and ability to share experiences in a recovery focused way
- Experience in delivering peer work in mental health, ideally in a youth-specific setting
- Passion, energy and determination to make a difference to the health outcomes for young people
- Qualifications/training in mental health are desirable but not required
**Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Programs**:
- You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term!
- Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and close to public transport.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees
**Interested?**
- If you are looking for a varied and interesting role with scope to develop a range of skills, and you can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential discussion.
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