Consumer Discipline Lead

Mid West Area Mental Health Service

• Based in Sunshine and working across the MWAMHS
• Full time or Part time, ongoing role
• An exciting opportunity to develop a new position and to support the growth of the consumer lived experience workforce at MWAMHS

Mid West Area Mental Health Service (MWAMHS) is expanding the lived experience workforce and leadership roles to contribute to more effective services and better outcomes for people accessing our service. The MWAMHS Consumer Discipline Lead role is guided by the principles of consumer lived experience workforce values. The Consumer Discipline Lead will play a pivotal role in supporting the implementation of the Royal Commission's recommendations at MWAMHS. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to change within the mental health system and to support the growth of lived experience workforce and representation at MWAMHS.

The position is an area wide role and will work closely with other MWAMHS Consumer/Carer Consultants, peer workers and coordinators across all teams to provide leadership, support area wide peer work initiatives, co-design work, contribute lived experience perspectives in the design and delivery of the mental health service, discipline specific supervision, promote and/or provide training for the consumer workforce at MWAMHS.

Your new role:

• Embrace a new opportunity to provide leadership and support to the Consumer Lived Experience workforce at MWAMHS
• Contribute to the MWAMHS Executive team
• Play a key role in lived experience leadership and the implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations
• Implement strategic goals to develop, grow and provide appropriate support structures to the consumer lived experience workforce
• Be involved in co-design of local projects and new service initiatives
• Be a driver for change and quality improvement

About you:

• Have a personal lived experience as a consumer of a mental health service
• Experience as a consumer worker in public mental health is desirable
• Training, qualifications or professional development relevant to the consumer workforce (ie. Intentional Peer Support, Cert 4 in Mental Health Peer Work, Peer Zone etc)
• Commitment to working with lead peer support worker, consumers, service providers and family/carers to participate in direct service provision and contribute to the improvement of mental health services for consumers and their family/carers
• Demonstrated ability to provide discipline specific supervision
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to consult, liaise and work collaboratively with consumers, carers, and service staff

Benefit of working with us:

Here at The RMH we strive for excellence with a strong purpose that defines the work we do for our community – Advancing health for everyone, every day. This is the Melbourne Way.   

We believe our success comes from our people. We’re committed to the RMH being a great place to work and a great place to receive care. We have made a long-term commitment to strengthen our organisational culture through leadership, education and empowering our staff to Speak Up for themselves and each other.

This is a role where your passion and expertise can come together to create a truly defining career opportunity. It is a unique opportunity to help us transform the future of the RMH and ultimately ensure we continue to deliver world class healthcare. 

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID 19 Vaccination prior to commencement.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are highly encouraged to apply along with individuals who have experience in working with ACCHO and Aboriginal Communities and Families.