Location: South West Region | Warrnambool
Job type: Part time
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Community Services
Reference: VG/1828918
Job posted: 31/10/2024
Closes: 24/11/2024
Job duration: Not provided
Work location: South West Region | Warrnambool
Looking for a lifestyle change? Join a workplace that's both friendly and welcoming! Located in the beautiful Great South Coast, South West Healthcare offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and psychiatric services. Serving over 110,000 residents, we provide 282 beds and a wide array of primary and community services. Warrnambool features excellent sports facilities, educational opportunities from preschool to university, and a vibrant social and cultural scene. Explore the award-winning foreshore promenade—a 5.7km coastal path with stunning views stretching from the breakwater to the Hopkins River mouth.
About the role South West Healthcare (SWH) is seeking a Team Leader- Lived Experience Workforce.
The successful applicant will have direct personal lived or living experience of mental illness or psychological distress, a lived experience of recovery and service use, as well as knowledge and understanding of mental illness from either a Consumer or Family, Carer or Support Person perspective. You will demonstrate a good understanding of the principles of peer work, recovery-oriented practice, and demonstrate a transformation mindset. You will have highly developed interpersonal skills and be able to work with multiple clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.
Position overview Part-time (48 hours per fortnight), On-going positionWarrnambool CampusLived Experience Worker Level 4Salary Range: $85,659.60 - $93,605.20 pro rata, plus superannuationThis position is eligible for an incentive payment for rent, childcare, relocation costs and more, as part of the new workforce and incentive grants program administered by Rural Agency Workforce Victoria (RWAV) up to $20,000.
What you bring The Team Leader - Lived Experience ensures that the voices of lived and living experience are central to our strategy, governance, operations, workforce, business development, recruitment, quality, and evaluation. This position is a key member of the leadership team and will work closely with the Lived and Living Experience workforce, as well as a range of internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will lead and coordinate this pivotal area of our workforce.
What we offer You will enjoy benefits such as:
Excellent salary packaging options including meals & entertainment, novated leasing, and additional superannuation contributionsInternal and external professional development opportunitiesA range of internal development opportunities focusing on personal development such as resilience and mentoring workshops and comprehensive leadership programsExcellent terms and conditions of employmentWho we are As an organisation, SWH prides itself on its values; Care, Respect, Excellence, Integrity, and Leadership and its overall dedication to the local community. SWH respects all individuals and promotes equity and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds, and socio-economic status.
SWH is the major specialist referral centre for the Barwon South West sub-region and provides a comprehensive range of acute, sub-acute, specialist, community, mental health, and aged services. With a population of 39,000 and a catchment of 100,000, Warrnambool is the regional centre to Victoria's Great South Coast.
Submit your application by selecting the Apply button below and include a cover letter and resume by Sunday, 24 November 2024. Please ensure you address the selection criteria as outlined in the position description.
Employment Terms and Conditions will be in line with the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 with the classification Lived Experience worker with salary range $85,659.60 - $93,605.20 pro rata.
The successful applicant will be required to be eligible for and undergo the following:
To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the South West Healthcare job application system.
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