Senior Carer Peer Worker, Eating Disorders Service

Barwon Health; Geelong; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent working conditions

Staff wellbeing program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Salary packaging benefits

Job summary

Barwon Health in Geelong is seeking a Senior Carer Peer Worker to support families and carers within the Eating Disorder Service. This role focuses on applying lived experience to peer programs and carer support across MHDAS.

You will work with the Lived Experience Discipline Lead to develop new peer initiatives and provide supervision support to peer workers, contributing to education and well-being in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Personal lived experience caring for someone with an eating disorder.
• Ability to provide one-on-one peer support.
• Commitment to reflective practice and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one peer support for families and carers.
• Co-facilitate groups for carers within eating disorder models of care.
• Support supervision of peer workers within MHDAS.
• Contribute to educational activities about lived experience work.

Skills

Lived experience

Peer support

Group facilitation

Carer support

Job description

• Join Barwon Health, delivering care across the region’s largest health service
• Excellent Work life balance with this part time position
• Bring your lived experience to this specialist eating disorder team

About the role

The Barwon Health Eating Disorder Service is a specialist multidisciplinary team providing assessment and treatment to young people (0-25 years) and their families presenting with an eating disorder, or at risk of an eating disorder. The team is located within the Child and Youth Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol program.

As guided by the Eating Disorders Service manager and Lived Experience Discipline Lead, the Senior Carer Peer Worker will provide expert input into the development of new peer programs in Eating Disorder Service and carer and family support within Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS).

Key Responsibilities

• Providing one-on-one peer support and facilitating groups for families and carers supporting consumers engaged with Eating Disorder Service
• Working as an integral part of the carer Peer Worker team at MHDAS.
• Providing carer perspective supervision to MHDAS peer support workers
• Assisting in MHDAS educational activities designed to promote greater understanding of lived experience work, in particular peer support work, at the service

What we’re looking for

• Personal lived experience supporting or caring for a loved one with an eating disorder and the ability to use that experience safely and purposefully in peer work carers.
• Capacity to provide one on one peer support and co-facilitate groups for carers within eating disorder models of care and lived experience scope of practice
• Commitment to reflective practice, quality improvement, teamwork, and recognising risk, boundaries and escalation pathways in eating disorder settings.

Position Description

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

• Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
• A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Attractive salary packaging benefits
  • Living expenses capped at $9,010
  • Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Diversity and Inclusion

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child Safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)

Additional information

If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at ************@barwonhealth.org.au

All appointments are subject to:

• Satisfactory Police Record Check
• Immunisation Status Clearance
• Working with Children Check (if applicable)