Family Peer Specialist - CYMHS

About The Role

At Alfred ICYAMHWS (Infant, Child, Youth, Area Mental Health & Wellbeing Service) our Family/Carer Peer Workers are known as Family Peer Specialists. As one of our Family Peer Specialists, you will draw from your own lived experience in a purposeful manner to offer support, either face to face or over the telephone, to families, kin and network supports of young people aged 12-25 attending Alfred ICYAMHWS. This role is based within the sector teams which cover the bayside geographical area covered by Alfred ICYAMHWS. The Family Peer Specialist is part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, reporting to the Manager Family / Carer Lived Experience Program - ICYAMHWS. Care is focused on the family/carers/supporters but as families are often included from the first meeting, you may cross paths with the young person as well as their family, support networks, and clinical staff.

About You

• Lived experience as a carer, family member, kin or supporter of a child with mental health issues (essential)
• Interest to support others who are supporting their young people
• Any experience in a prior direct family/carer lived experience role will be an advantage
• Loves multi-tasking and is skilled at time management
• Valid Victorian Working with Children Check
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence
• Willingness to undergo a background police check
• Australian working rights

Family Peer Support

The Family / Carer Peer Specialist program works in conjunction with our clinical teams to provide support to family members or other carers in the network of the young person. Family members, friends, kin and wider network often provide the main safety net and support system for a young person. Evidence shows that when family and friends are involved with services, outcomes for young people improve.

The aim of family peer support is to:

• Minimise the impact of complex mental health issues on family and significant others of young people within the service
• Support the engagement of families and significant others with the service in order to enhance the process of recovery for young people experiencing complex mental health issues

Benefits

• Salary Packaging & Novated Leasing through Maxxia
• Access to discounted gym membership for gyms across Melbourne via Fitness Passport
• Onsite car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities - deducted pre-tax
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
• Located close to public transport and cafes