Senior Lived Experience Worker - TQEH Mental Health Rehabilitation Service (OPS4)

Exciting career opportunity in mental health rehabilitation! We’re looking for health professionals to join us as we open a new, state-of-the-art Mental Health Rehabilitation Service (MHRS) at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH). This is your chance to be part of a new patient focussed service that prioritises recovery and the delivery of best-practice, trauma-informed care in a brand new 24-bed building. If you’re passionate about being part of a safe and connected organisation and looking for a rewarding career in mental health, apply today!

As a Senior Lived Experience Worker, you’ll bring your own experiences of mental health recovery – either personally or as a carer – to truly make a difference in people’s lives. You’ll be working alongside a passionate team across inpatient, community, and rehabilitation services, supporting consumers to build hope, independence, and a strong sense of belonging. In this role, you’ll help others navigate their journey to recovery, while also providing leadership, mentoring, and guidance to our growing lived experience workforce. You won’t be replacing clinical staff – you’ll be bringing something unique and powerful to the team: the voice of lived experience. If you're ready to lead with heart, inspire change, and be part of a service that truly values connection and recovery, we would love to hear from you.

About You: You’ll bring a unique combination of personal experience, compassion, and leadership to this important role, along with a strong understanding of mental health recovery principles. To be successful, you will have:

• A personal lived experience of mental health challenges, or experience caring for someone with mental health challenges, with a genuine commitment to sharing insights and strategies to support others.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide others, work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to planning and delivering recovery-focused rehabilitation services.
• A sound understanding of trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches, and the ability to model and promote strategies for positive mental and physical health.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage respectfully with consumers, carers and service providers, while also managing your own wellbeing and professional boundaries in the workplace.

If you are passionate about making a difference in mental health rehabilitation, we’d love to hear from you!

At Central Adelaide (CALHN), we’re shaping the future of health through excellence in clinical care, research, and innovation. As South Australia’s largest health network, we deliver exceptional, safe and connected healthcare—for our patients, our community, and our people. With more than 17,000 dedicated employees, every day at CALHN presents an opportunity to make a real impact—not because it’s expected, but because our values guide us to be our best. Join us and be part of a team that’s driven by a commitment to a seamless safe and connected experience for all.

Benefit of joining CALHN: At CALHN, we’re dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

• Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
• Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation each year.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
• Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
• Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion: CALHN is an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.

Application information: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.