Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 19th Feb 2020
Established in 1978 by families advocating to improve the services and support to people with mental health issues, Wellways are a leading not-for-profit mental health and disability organisation with a team of over 2,000 people across 93 sites, operating throughout Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. All Wellways services are committed to community inclusion, ensuring all the people we serve have opportunities to fully participate in the community, without stigma and discrimination.
Wellways Australia is the first point of contact for all Australian Government Carer Gateway funded services in South West Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains and across Queensland, aiming to help carers access practical information and advice and connect with services in their local area. Carer supports and services will be delivered using a network of local Carer Gateway service providers Carers and those who provide a caring role to someone in their life who has a disability, mental health issue, chronic health condition, terminal illness or are frail aged. Carer Gateway services will be available to all carers from 6 April 2020.
At Wellways, we understand and value all varieties of lived experience, it is with the utmost pride that we get to share, see and experience the unique impacts that lived experience brings whilst working with and supporting others.
Your role is to intentionally draw on your own lived experience as a carer to support the learning of others, utilising the principles of family orientated practice, including effectively communicating the challenges and experiences that contribute to carer wellbeing and a meaningful life. You will be delivering the new Carer Gateway In-person Peer Support programs and carer information sessions within the community.
This is a mobile role working within community, frequent local travel is required to Wellways offices and partner organisations.