Senior Mental health Carer Lead- Lived Experience

• Full time, ongoing

• $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

So 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. Please click here to find out more.

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.

Please refer to the Position Description to know more about the role.

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 withing 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. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrific…
• Novated Leasing is available along with a significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• 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)

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Claire Conlon Claire.Conlon@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.