Lived Experience Workforce Lead (528653) Australia, Tas Sep 20, 2024 About Tasmania Government About the Tasmanian State Service The Tasmanian State Service (TSS) is the largest employer in Tasmania, with over 28,000 employees providing services to the Tasmanian community at all levels.
The Lived Experience Workforce Lead will guide the development and embedding of the Lived Experience Workforce (LEW) in alignment with state and national policy frameworks and relevant LEW operational plans within Tasmania's public mental health services at a regional level, to ensure a socially and psychologically safe environment for LEW employees.
The LEW Lead will ensure the provision of a supported, skilled, and effective Lived Experience Workforce through the delivery of discipline specific practice supervision, coaching, and mentoring to the respective region's consumer and family/carer peer workers and the embedding of appropriate support and training strategies.
The LEW Lead will uphold and promote the Lived Experience principles and values, the principles of co-design and co-production to encourage a recovery-focused, person-centred, and strengths-based approach to all aspects of work whilst ensuring inclusive, equitable, and sustainable consumer and family/carer participation and engagement.
Details of Appointment Permanent full time day worker position working 76 hours per fortnight commencing as soon as possible.
*notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Salary: $79,529 - $91,517 per annum.
Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
Eligibility: Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable: Personal experience of mental health challenges, service use, periods of healing/personal recovery.
Experience of supporting someone (family or friend) through mental health challenges, service use, and periods of healing/personal recovery.
Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, or willingness to work towards same.
Current Driver's Licence.
The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer.
The following checks are to be conducted: Conviction checks in the following areas: crimes of violence sex related offences serious drug offences crimes involving dishonesty serious traffic offences Disciplinary action in previous employment check.
How to Apply Apply Online.
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You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.
Please note: We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.
All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.
For more information, please contact Andrew Cameron Position: Director of Nursing - Mental Health Services (N/NW)Phone: 0461 459 401 E-mail: The Department of Health values workforce diversity and recognises the value each person offers which is shaped by their unique characteristics, background, experiences, knowledge, skills, values and perspectives.
The core purpose guiding the way in which we work across the Department of Health is to CARE for the health and wellbeing of all in Tasmania through our Values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
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