Senior Lived Experience Worker - Adult Survivors Program - location negotiable within NNSWLHD

Discover the balance. Enjoy more flexibility, diverse career pathways, the opportunity to learn and grow, salary packaging + more


Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (23 weeks, with possibility of extension)
Position Classification: Senior Health Education Officer Non Grad
Remuneration: $93,774.00 - $97,316.00 per annum, pro rata
Hours Per Week: 32hrs
Requisition ID: REQ543562


About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.


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About the role

Lismore Community Health is seeking a Senior Lived Experience Worker (Senior Health Education Officer Non Grad) to join the team in the Adult Survivors Program. The Adult Survivors Program (ASP) is a specialist integrated service for adult survivors of child sexual assault (CSA) with complex mental health and alcohol and other drug needs. This NSW Health program is aimed at improving outcomes for adult survivors of CSA by working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide the lived experience perspective on healing and recovery. 
 
The senior lived experience worker is an integral and equal member of the team and develops relationships with consumers with the aim of empowering people to develop skills and strategies to enhance their recovery and wellbeing.
 
Lived experience workers are integral members of the team and draw on their lived experience of recovery from CSA by providing person centred recovery oriented and trauma informed support.  The lived experience worker draws on their own recovery from child sexual assault to provide authentic engagement and support and instil confidence and hope about the journey of recovery.

NSW Health supports flexible work arrangements; the location of this role may be successfully negotiated within the Northern New South Wales Local Health District sites.


Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

• Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
• Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
• Growth – access to professional and personal development
• Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
• Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Need more information?

  1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Justine Guttridge on Justine.Guttridge@health.nsw.gov.au


Applications Close: 22 January 2024


NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia.  For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.


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