Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and a parent /carer of a child or adolescent who has used public mental health services and is passionate about supporting other parents and carers?

Employment type: Permanent Part time
Location: Eastern Metropolitan Region.

• Part Time 0.2 EFT CYMHS AIPU, 0.2EFT CYMHS Specialist Child Team
• Exciting new roles.
• Great staff benefits including salary packaging.

This is an identified Aboriginal Torres Islander position. Applicants must be of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander descent to be eligible to apply.

An exciting new opportunity exists for an Aboriginal person to work at Eastern Health, Child Youth Mental Health Service as a Family and Carer Advisor. The successful applicant will work across two programs the Adolescent Inpatient Unit and the Specialist Child Team.

Aboriginal CYMHS Family Carer Advisor will provide 0.2 EFT post discharge peer support and follow-up care to the families of adolescents who have been discharged from the Adolescent Inpatient Unit.

Aboriginal CYMHS Family Carer Advisor will also provide 0.2 EFT into the Specialist Child Team to support parents and carers of children under the age of 12.

Through sharing wisdom from their own experience caring for a child or adolescent with mental health illness, the Aboriginal CYMHS Family and Carer Advisor will provide support and information to parents and carers of children and adolescents who are being discharged from the Adolescent Inpatient Unit or are current clients of the Specialist Child Team.

You will work collaboratively with families, carers, and staff to assist in identifying needs and providing culturally safe support. You will need to be able to reflect on your own experience as a parent and carer lived experience and be willing to utilise your experience and knowledge of cultural needs of Aboriginal people as well as families from diverse backgrounds, inspire hope, choice and self-determination.

As an Aboriginal CYMHS Family and Carer Advisor you will receive the following additional benefits:

• Support to undertake Certificate 1V in Mental Health Peer Work
• Participation in a five day Intentional Peer Support peer training
• Regular supervision within the two teams you are working with
• Support from an existing consumer and carer team dedicated to promoting the voice of lived experience
• Access to Cultural support

For further information please contact:

Nicole Harris – 9895 4060 or by email: Nicole.harris@easternhealth.org.au

Cate Bourke – 9871 7709 or by email:  cate.bourke@easternhealth.org.au

Patrice Lewis – 9895 4060 or by email: patrice.lewis@easternhealth.org.au

Please submit all applications online.

Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted. 

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