• Eating Disorder Service - Inner West Area Mental Health Service (IWAMHS)
• Part-Time Fixed Term position - working 32 hours per fortnight
• Based in the John Cade Unit 2, Eating Disorders at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Use your lived experience to provide support and information to carers/family members of consumers with eating disorders

Life With Us

The Eating Disorder Service based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital consists of a caring, cohesive and dynamic team that provides expert multidisciplinary care to consumers and their families/carers

The Carer Lived Experience team at IWAMHS aims to support the recognition, inclusion, participation, and needs of carers, families, and supporters of the service

As the Carer Peer Support Worker you will use your own experience caring for a family member/friend with an eating disorder, to benefit and support the family and carers of our consumers

Your new role

• Support family and carers at an individual level through carer peer support, advocacy, and carer groups
• Provide advice on a broader systemic level in ensuring the carer lived experience perspective is included at all levels of service development, delivery, and training
  
• Draw on existing carer lived experience knowledge to further progress the carer peer support role on the Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit
• Network and collaborate with managers, team leaders, lived experience and clinical staff

About you:

• Significant personal lived experience of caring for someone with an eating disorder who has accessed adult public mental health services.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team
• Self-motivated, passionate, and well-organised with a passion for provision of high quality, recovery focused services
• Confident to share your wisdom, knowledge, and experience to contribute to the Carer Lived Experience team and promote the carer lived experience perspective across the service

Our Commitment to you

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.

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.

IWAMHS is part of NorthWestern Mental Health which boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development.

Interested?

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

Contact Person: Anna Epifanio 0458 502 202 (Monday – Thursday).

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19

Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.