The Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (AMHWS), forming part of Mildura Base Public Hospital, offers a range of inpatient and community-based services for people with mental illness in the Northern Mallee Region.
We promote and provide a work environment that embraces professional development and supports staff to maximize growth through internal and external education.
We also offer an environment that genuinely cares about the health and wellbeing of all staff.
About the Role: The Manager - Lived Experience Workforce (LEW) is a valued member of the AMHWS leadership and management team and is pivotal in integrating the value of lived experience across all levels of the organisation. The role ensures that the voices of those with lived experience are heard, respected, and integrated into service design, delivery, and evaluation. The Manager LEW provides leadership in implementing consumer, carer and peer workforce strategies and in supporting the lived experience workforce within the AMHWS to thrive.
The position is full-time; however, part-time (0.8 FTE) applications would be considered.
The full range of duties are outlined in the position description.
About you: Applicants will have a lived experience of mental illness and have been a carer or consumer of the mental health system. They will have extensive knowledge of how the lived experience of mental illness, substance use and/or addiction and/or psychological distress affects people and their support networks, and an ability to use this knowledge to support service delivery and system improvement.
An extensive understanding of the considerations and requirements relevant to employing and supporting lived experience workforces within clinical mental health services is necessary.
Applicants will also have formal qualifications in a relevant field (i.e. Certificate IV in Peer Work) or willingness to work towards the same.
Applicants must meet the experience and essential criteria set out in the position description.
Employment Conditions: This position is classified as a Level 4 Year 1 under the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement. Applicants will be required to provide a current or be able to obtain a National Police check, an Employee working with children's check and undertake immunisation screening prior to commencement.
Relocation assistance: Up to $5,000 incentive payment applies to eligible candidates. Be reimbursed for rent, childcare, school fees, relocation costs and more.
The Victorian Government has allocated funds to support rural and regional Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) to provide incentives to attract workers to roles that are difficult to fill. This role has been identified as being eligible for an incentive payment of up to $5,000. Eligibility criteria to qualify for this incentive apply.
The new workforce relocation and incentive grants program is being administered by Rural Agency Workforce Victoria (RWAV).
More information including job vacancies and eligibility requirements is available here.
The Mildura Base Public Hospital is an organisation driven by a genuine focus on patient centred care, delivering exceptional care for our consumer base of over 80,000. With this focus guiding the functioning of our organisation on a day to day basis in line with our HEART values, we have established a work environment in which there are greater levels of employee engagement and professional development than ever seen before. Our workforce of over 1200 employees are committed to providing a service to our community 24/7 which will have long lasting positive outcomes.
Our People, Our H.E.A.R.T:Our H E A R T values (Happy, Empathetic, Accountable, Respectful, Team Based) are so much more than words; they are the driving force behind what we do every day.
What MBPH has to offer you: Internal Professional Development – including but not limited to the opportunity for eligible employees to access scholarships for postgraduate studies as well as specifically designed programs within MBPH for skill development.An environment where external professional development is supported and encouraged.A location centre of town reducing travel times.Free parking on site for all employees.Salary Packaging – Pay less tax.Employee Assistance Programs.Employee Intervention Programs – Free Remedial Therapy and Physiotherapy.Free employee events and celebrations.At MBPH, we continue to strengthen our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion practices.How to Apply: All applications must be lodged online by clicking on the 'apply now' button. For a position description and to find out more about our wonderful Hospital, visit Mildura Base Public Hospital.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact:
Nola CupperDirector of Nursing - Area Mental Health & Wellbeing ServicesT: 0350 223***E: ******
A valid Working with Children Check and a National Police Check (undertaken in the last three months) are required.
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