We support individuals living with mental health challenges to achieve outcomes they value.

Position details

• Part Time, Permanent (0.8 fte)
• Classification: SCHADS Level 7 with a salary of $111,000 pro rata per annum + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Location: Flexible (remote work available)

About Neami National

“We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life – and we give our all to support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different life goals, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life on their terms.

We’re proud to support 38,000 people living with mental health challenges across Australia and offer more than 70 services, over 45 different Indigenous lands. These services include mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.”

About your new role

The exciting new role of Lived Experience Lead - Integrated Supports (LEL-IS) will inspire, and involve others through leading, embedding and elevating the Lived Experience lens in operational practice, strategy, governance, and organisational culture in the Integrated Support stream. This stream delivers diverse specialist services across a range of programs including:

• Centred based primary mental health supports, such as the Southern Wellbeing Hub in SA, Living and Learning Centres in QLD, and Step Thru Care in Geelong
• Residential sub-acute services, such as Step / Up Step Down (4 x WA) and Nundah House in QLD
• Tele and phone-based service navigation and support, such as the Head to Health IAR services (NSW, QT, NT & SA), Hear2Talk (NSW), and Partners in Wellbeing and NDIS Intake (Vic)

Reporting to the Director- Integrated Support, the LEL-IS collaborates closely with the National Lived Experience Lead in the Service Excellence hub and other LEL’s to develop, establish and promote high-quality Lived Experience practice, support, and ways of working within their stream and across the organisation. The LEL models and oversees Lived Experience practice, leadership, and ways of working across the stream to drive understanding, capacity building, quality performance, education, continuous improvement, and cultural change.

As a designated Lived Experience Lead role LEL to apply the Lived Experience lens in all aspects of the role, as named in the National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Guidelines:

• Learnings from personal experience of mental health challenges, distress, and periods of healing, which may include service use.
• Collective knowledge of universal lived experiences such as stigma, marginalisation, loss of power, and system hurt, as well as hope, healing, and personal recovery as real.
• Professional principles and values such as mutuality, intersectionality, autonomy, hope and sharing power.
• And the history of the Consumer movement, advocacy, and actions.

What you will bring to the role