Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 28th Oct 2020
About the Lived Experience Development, Governance & Education (LEDGE) Project:
The LEDGE project will strengthen and embed lived/living experience involvement in representative roles, co-design processes, organisational governance and service design throughout South Australia. This will be achieved by providing training and other development opportunities to people with lived/living experience of mental distress, social issues or injustice (including those who identify with having a psychosocial disability) as well as working with Boards and Executives to embed inclusive and safe involvement practices for people with lived/living experience.
The LEDGE Project is funded by the Australian Department of Social Services through the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) initiative. The Project will be overseen by and co-designed with people with lived/living experience. Collaborative partnerships with other organisations will be key to enhancing the influence of people with lived experience to effect change and the overall success of the project.
About the SA Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network (LELAN):
LELAN’s purpose is to amplify the voice, influence and leadership of people with personal lived/living experience of distress, social issues or injustice to drive systemic change. The organisation has three areas of focus:
Mobilising the power of lived experience throughout South Australia is LELAN’s vision. This underpins the work that we do and the way that we do it, embodying the knowing we have that lived experience matters. Our values are courage, compassion, dignity, intersectionality, leadership and social justice.
Core elements of LELAN’s approach to any work that we are involved in or leading are:
The Project Worker/Trainer will play a lead role in developing the LEDGE project and supporting people with lived experience to be involved in its co-design and delivery. They will convene regular capacity building and networking opportunities for people with lived/living experience and contribute significantly to the leadership development of the South Australian lived experience community.
Key activities for the Project Worker/Trainer will be: co-designing all elements of the project with the lived/living experience community and social services sector; strengthening existing networks for people with lived/living experience; establishing a register for lived/living experience leaders wishing to be linked to governance and Board opportunities; holding skill development and knowledge sharing sessions; liaising with external coaches and mentors who will enrich the development of lived/living experience leaders; and linking people with lived/living experience to involvement opportunities. They will work closely with another member of the project team who will provide Executive Liaison to sector Executives and Boards, supporting their capacity for the meaningful and effective inclusion of people with lived/living experience in organisational operations and decision-making.
We are committed to inclusion and accessibility for people with lived/living experience and welcome applications from people with: broad distress or mental health experiences (including psychosocial disability); diverse cultural backgrounds (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people); gender or sexually diverse identities (including trans and non-binary); and/or other disabilities.
Further enquiries can be made by emailing [email protected] using the subject line: Project Worker / Trainer enquiry via EthicalJobs or calling Ellie Hodges, Executive Director, on 0422 888 157. Additional information about LELAN can be accessed at www.lelan.org.au.
A position description is attached.