Senior Family Carer Peer Worker - Infant, Youth & Family Team

Permanent part time position in a great team with respectful culture & supportive management

Skip the traffic & work close to home in the gateway to the gorgeous Mornington Peninsula

Excellent salary packaging benefits

Classification : Lived Experience Worker Grade 3 Year 1-4 (MP36 – MP39)

Who We Are and What We Stand For

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others. In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values :  Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

What You Will Be Doing

The Infant, Child and Family Team is a small, multidisciplinary team delivering high quality mental health assessments, clinical and wellbeing interventions for infants, children (0-11 years) and their families and supporters, who are experiencing complex presentations with behavioural, developmental, social and emotional difficulties that are impacting on their development and psychosocial functioning.

It is anticipated that this team will provide a flexible, child and family friendly approach that involves assertive community treatment (outreach, clinic based and telehealth) and provides evidence informed interventions, including brief intervention, family interventions, clinical care co-ordination and secondary consultation.

For a further indepth view of the role, please see -  Position Description

What You Need

We anticipate you will have :

• Personal experience as a family member or carer of a child or adolescent with mental health challenges and recovery (note : this does not include those employed in professional caring roles)
• Recognition and understanding of own experiences and ability to use this to support consumers
• Ability to use lived experience expertise to support the work of the multi-disciplinary team and ensure practice is sensitive to the needs of families, carers and consumers

What Next

Apply Now!

If you experience any issues signing in, registering or role specific information, please feel welcome to contact the Vanessa Rooth via email at [email protected] or phone 9784 3059.

The role ceases advertising on : 21 May 2025

Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit :  https : / / www.peninsulahealth.org.au / careers / working-preparing-employment / . It is strongly recommended that this role is up to date with Covid-19 vaccination.

Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.