Team leader for the Lived Experience Workforce

at  Eastern Health

TITLE: TEAM LEADER FOR THE LIVED EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE

Requisition ID: 2607
Location:Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128
Job Posting Date: 20 Jan 2025
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TEAM LEADER | LIVED EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE

• Temporary Part time | Experience work-life balance
• 0.6 EFT | 45.6 hours per fortnight | Experience flexible working
• Eastern Metropolitan Region – primarily based at either Richmond or Box Hill, will negotiate suitable site with successful applicant dependent on their location
  Turning Points Lived Experience Workforce are looking for a team leader to join our growing team. The Team Leader for the Lived Experience Workforce will play a vital role in providing support, guidance and mentorship to our lived experience workforce comprising of lived experience peer workers and trainees. The role will be based across Turning Points sites including Richmond, Box Hill and Ringwood.

GOOD TO KNOW:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application
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ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you a someone who has used adult public alcohol and other drug health services?
Are you passionate about supporting staff, or are ready to take the next step in your lived experience career, to help them grow and develop in their roles?
Are you excited about the thought of joining a growing team of lived experience workers across Turning Point?
Well, an exciting opportunity now exists for team leader to take up a role within Turning Points Lived Experience Workforce.
The role of the team leader will be to provide support, guidance and mentorship to our lived experience workforce comprising of lived experience peer workers and trainees.
This role also requires independent and autonomous work practices.

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Lived experience of substance use and recovery, and a demonstrated ability to utilise lived experience purposefully and intentionally to provide hope and a belief in recovery
• Previous work experience within the AOD sector as a lived experience worker including experience with supervising and supporting staff
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team including the ability to express own viewpoint and respect the views of others
• the ability to manage time and resources effectively
• well-developed word processing (Microsoft Office suite), PowerPoint and other computer skills, including the ability to navigate online platform