• Time fraction: 1.0 FTE (9-day fortnight option available)
• Salary Range: $75,000 - $78,984 (1.0 FTE) to be confirmed
• Start Date: June 2022
• Reports to: Manager – Tandem Support Services
• Location: Tandem Office, Abbotsford (hybrid working model available)

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT TANDEM

• Join our supportive and friendly team and be part of an incredible time of growth, change, and impact
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 per annum
• 9 day fortnight option
• Hybrid working model available
• Portable long service leave
• Meals and Entertainment card
• An Employee Assistance Program to support employees
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexibility and consideration for employees with caring responsibilities

Tandem is an organisation growing in size and influence. If you are passionate about families in the mental health reform agenda and keen to work with like-minded people, then join us!

SCOPE OF THE POSITION

This role works predominantly on the Carer Support and Referral Line, providing non-legal advocacy for families, friends and supporters in mental health. This role will also contribute to special projects that Tandem works on during the year. The projects may be new or current projects at Tandem.

ABOUT TANDEM

Who we are:

Tandem was established in 1994 and is proud to be the trusted voice of family and friends in mental health in Victoria. As the Victorian peak body with a sole focus on the needs and interests of mental health carers, Tandem’s role is to provide leadership, coordination and knowledge for the organisations and individuals who are working to improve outcomes for Victorian people living with mental health issues, their family and friends. Tandem is committed to ensuring that the importance of the contribution, expertise, experiences and needs of family, friends and supporters/carers is recognised and addressed, and that they will be essential partners in recovery, service governance and delivery, planning, research and evaluation.

Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System

The Victorian Government initiated a Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System in February 2019 with the aim of reporting on how Victoria’s mental health system can “most effectively prevent mental illness, and deliver treatment, care and support so that those in the Victorian community can experience their best mental health, now and into the future”. The 3195-page final report was published on 2 March 2021. The Victorian Government has committed to implementing all 65 recommendations made in the report.

The final report of the Royal Commission recognised ‘the centrality of lived experience to the planning and delivery of mental health treatment, care and support services’ (p 19). Lived Experience refers to the experience of seeking help directly for mental health challenges or being a family member by birth or choice, friend or supporter of someone seeking assistance. If you are a family member/friend or supporter of someone seeking assistance from the mental health system this is a role where you can make an active difference by joining Tandem.

For enquiries, please contact Wendy Ayzit, Manager - Tandem Support Services, on 03 8803 5555 or [email protected] using the subject line: Tandem Support Services Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached. Please include a Cover Letter with your application.