Join a leading initiative improving mental health services for people living with Borderline Personality Disorder. As Lived Experience Project Officer – Consumer, you will lead the consumer voice within the BPD Collaborative, embedding lived experience across service design and delivery. You’ll drive engagement initiatives, develop training and resources, and work with stakeholders to ensure services are inclusive, responsive, and recovery-focused. This is a unique opportunity to use your lived experience to influence meaningful system change and improve outcomes for people with BPD.
WHO ARE WE?
The RSS Mental Health Team is a business unit in SA Health and provides services throughout regional South Australia to support the six regional local health networks (LHNs). It employs around 260 people who work in 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, or in our Unley Office.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Our staff enjoy working from our busy office at Unley, from home or remotely and benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.
Are you committed to lived experience and consumer participation, with a genuine belief in the value of co-design in shaping mental health services
Are you passionate about improving mental health outcomes through recovery-oriented, person-centred and culturally responsive approaches?
Do you have the confidence working with diverse stakeholders, including consumers, carers, NGOs and government partners, to build trust and shared purpose?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
Lead project design and implementation activities including consultation, data collection and analysis, evaluation, reporting and continuous feedback aligned to project objectives and timelines
Build and maintain strong partnerships with consumers, carers, health services, NGOs and government agencies to support effective program delivery and improved health outcomes
Provide high-level project and executive support including reporting, briefings, committee coordination, minute-taking and stakeholder communications
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 937732), or reach out to Leah Morrison, Administration Officer, on 742 56500 or via E-mail: [email protected]
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Thursday 18th June, 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
20260427 Role Description - P21083 - ASO4 Lived Experience Project Officer Consumer KB Updates.doc
