Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 26th May 2024
- Melbourne > Burnley
Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. Mind has been supporting people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges to find help, hope and purpose in their lives for more than 45 years.
We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.
The Lived Experience organisational function works within Mind’s support hub and drives the implementation of mental health system reforms and service innovations informed by lived expertise, intersectionality, human rights and social justice.
The Lived Experience Design and Development team lead an organisation-wide program of work to design, develop, implement and embed lived expertise-led initiatives and approaches, in collaboration with the Senior Consultant, Lived Experience, and Lived Experience Workforce team as well as teams across Mind’s support hub and operations.
We are seeking a self-motivated, compassionate Lived Experience Development Lead for a permanent, Full Time (38 hours per week) opportunity at our office in the Burnley area. This is a designated lived expertise role that will implement new lived expertise-led initiatives and further develop and evolve existing practice approaches to better align with lived expertise values and principles, including human rights.
You will work as part of the Lived Experience Design and Development team, and will focus on translating service design insights and initiatives into practice. The role will involve leading and managing implementation projects and building strong relationships across Mind’s support hub and operations to create effective systems, processes, products, and practices to embed lived expertise-led innovations.
This national role requires practice experience and skills in implementation, change management and continuous improvement to test and refine ideas and build workforce and organisational capability to sustain lived expertise-led service and practice innovations across Mind.
To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 495091. Please contact the person below for more information.
Carolynne White, Senior Manager, Lived Experience Design and Development
The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.