At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engagement initiatives that amplify the voices of families and carers in mental health services.
- Company: Join cohealth, a leader in inclusive and culturally safe health services.
- Benefits: Earn $58.72 per hour plus generous salary packaging and wellness programs.
- Other info: Flexible work environment with opportunities for professional growth and community impact.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in mental health while championing diversity and inclusion.
- Qualifications: Personal lived experience in mental health care and 3+ years in health service management.
The predicted salary is between 58.72 - 58.72 $ per hour.
$58.72 per hour + Super + Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income.
Champion the voice of carers by leading meaningful lived experience engagement that shapes the future of mental health and wellbeing services.
Full time, ongoing.
Why cohealth
At cohealth, we're committed to reducing health and social inequity by partnering with communities to deliver inclusive, culturally safe services. Our people are driven by courage, innovation and compassion, creating meaningful change while championing diversity, inclusion and the wellbeing of all. Join a workplace where you can bring your whole self to work, feel valued and make a genuine difference.
About The Role
As Senior Carer Lead, you'll champion the voices of families, carers and supporters, ensuring lived experience is embedded at the heart of mental health service design and delivery. You'll lead meaningful engagement, build strong carer partnerships and drive practices that create more inclusive, recovery-focused services for our communities. This position requires traveling across the Brimbank, Maribyrnong and Wyndham sites.
Your Duties Include
- Lead the development and implementation of the Families, Carers and Supporters Framework, providing expertise and guidance to the team and senior leaders.
- Lead a process to ensure carers' perspectives are embedded within the service and facilitating their contribution in the organisational planning process.
- Build strong partnerships with organisations and community groups, representing the Local and the Mental Health pathways program.
- Contribute and influence governance forums and ensure carers' feedback and experience are captured.
What Cohealth Offers
- Generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus an additional $2,650 for meals and entertainment, to help increase your take-home pay.
- Novated Leasing is available along with a significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family.
- Cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service.
- Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well.
- Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, along with mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs.
- An inclusive workplace where diversity is valued and the work you do makes a meaningful difference.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Personal lived/living experience of caring for someone living with mental health challenges and/or situational distress.
- Minimum 3 years' experience in health service management.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in a related discipline, and/or equivalent combination of qualifications, professional experience and lived experience.
- Ability to travel across sites (Brimbank, Maribyrnong, Wyndham).
Senior Mental health Carer Lead- Lived Experience in Melbourne employer: cohealth
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