Gippsland Primary Health Network is seeking Lived Experience Community Representatives to join the Gippsland Supporting Recovery Expert Advisory Group.
Are you a victim-survivor of family, domestic and/or sexual violence with lived experience of accessing mental health services?
About the Program
Gippsland PHN is delivering the Supporting Recovery Program to support victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence to be mentally healthy in order to recover from trauma.
The program is based on the National Plan to end violence against women and children. This is a 10- year plan that aims to end family, domestic and sexual violence within one generation.
Under the program, victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence living in Latrobe or Baw Baw can access care coordination and trauma-informed mental health services to support their recovery journey.
The program operates under a national model of care and Gippsland PHN established an Expert Advisory Group to make sure that local needs are met. The group meets regularly and includes local service providers and stakeholders.
Gippsland PHN is now looking for two Gippsland-based Lived Experience Community Representatives to join the Expert Advisory Group.
About the Role
Expert Advisory Group meetings are held every second month. The Lived Experience Community Representatives will be invited to attend these meetings, either in person or online via Microsoft Teams.
Some light pre-reading before each meeting may occasionally be expected.
The remaining Expert Advisory Group meetings for 2024 are:
Dates of the Expert Advisory Group meetings in 2025 are still to be confirmed.
The Lived Experience Community Representatives will be well supported, including a thorough induction into the Lived Experience role and continued ongoing support. Additional supports will be provided as required.
The Lived Experience Community Representatives may be compensated for attending meetings at the current rate of $100 per hour, in line with Gippsland PHN’s Remuneration of External Stakeholders Policy.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, you must:
- Feel safe and ready to join the Expert Advisory Group, considering the resources needed, safety considerations, boundaries, legal considerations, privacy and other considerations. This self-reflection tool (from The Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework) may help you to determine your level of readiness;
- Have a level of comfort with sharing insights and offering advice from your lived/living experiences of family, domestic and/or sexual violence and of navigating the mental health service system; and
- Be able to engage respectfully with others, including when there is a difference of experience or opinion to your own.
To submit your Expression of Interest, please complete this online application form.
We’ll contact you for a short discussion once we’ve received your submission.
Contact Us
If you’d like help to complete the application form or have any questions on the role, please contact:
Nicole Maloney
Coordinator Supporting Recovery
Gippsland PHN
M. 0428 446 907
If you or someone you know is in distress or needs crisis support,
please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14; The Orange Door on 1800 319 354;
or 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.
