Senior Consumer Consultant

SVHA

Melbourne, Australia
Base: $76,086 - $83,169 py pro rata; bonus/equity:...
Lived experience of mental health challenges
Consumer advocacy and engagement
Co-production and co-design principles
The Senior Consumer Consultant will use their lived experience and expertise to advocate for consumer rights and embed consumer perspectives into mental health service practices

Job Summary

  • The Senior Consumer Consultant will use their lived experience and expertise to advocate for consumer rights and embed consumer perspectives into mental health service practices.
  • The role offers excellent benefits including salary packaging, ongoing training, a supportive environment, and a focus on wellbeing initiatives.
  • SVHA encourages diversity and inclusion and provides a healthy work/life balance with opportunities for professional development.

Matching Summary

The Senior Consumer Consultant will use their lived experience and expertise to advocate for consumer rights and embed consumer perspectives into mental health service practices.

Salary

Base: $76,086 - $83,169 per annum pro rata; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Salary packaging, fitness passport, professional development

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lived experience of mental health challenges
  • Consumer advocacy and engagement
  • Co-production and co-design principles
  • Recovery-oriented practice
  • Mental health service navigation
  • Interpersonal and communication skills
  • Microsoft Office proficiency

Nice-to-have

  • Training and education delivery
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Culturally competent service provision
  • Quality improvement project involvement
  • Supervision of lived experience workers

Key Requirements

  • Direct lived experience of mental health challenges
  • Minimum 2 years as a Lived Experience Worker
  • Victorian driver’s license
  • Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check
  • Understanding of Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
  • Tertiary qualification (desirable)
  • Intentional Peer Support Training (desirable)

Work Rights

Not specified

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