Lived Experience Project Officer - Sydney, Australia - NSW Government -Legal Aid Commission, Office of the

NSW Government -Legal Aid Commission, Office of the

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About us
Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas of criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 27 offices.

Mental Health Training Project

Legal Aid NSW was granted Commonwealth funding, on behalf of a consortium of Legal Aid Commissions, to lead the development and delivery of national mental health training for the legal assistance sector.

This Project will design training, in partnership with people receiving and delivering legal assistance services.

Once developed, the national compassion-based, trauma-informed mental health training package will be available to Community Legal Centres, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and Legal Aid Commissions.

The Project aims include:
- training that leads to consistent, compassion-based, trauma-informed services to people experiencing mental health issues and/or risk of suicide;
- training that is designed with people receiving and delivering legal assistance services; and
- best practice training, tailored to the legal assistance sector, freely available nationally and widely adopted.

About you
The Lived Experience Project Officer will develop and deliver training for the legal assistance sector.

This role is an opportunity for you to make sure that people experiencing mental ill-health and/or risk of suicide receive compassion-based, trauma-informed legal services across the country.

This role will be part of the first national co-design project within the legal assistance sector.

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

This role is being advertised by Legal Aid NSW as the lead agency in the consortium of the eight legal aid commissions.

If the successful applicant resides in a state or territory other than NSW, they will be offered appointment to an equivalent role in the legal aid commission based in their state or territory of residence.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW

We are committed to diversity and inclusion

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us.

We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

Other benefits of working with us

You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
We are an accredited Flex Ready certified employer and are recognised as leaders in the area of flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life.

The essential requirements for this role

We have a temporary full-time (35hpw) 12-month vacancy for the role of Lived Experience Project Officer in the Mental Health Training Project, Clerk Grade 7/8.

There is a possibility for the role to be extended.

To be successful in the role, you must have:

Personal/lived experience of mental ill-health and/or mental distress
Demonstrated commitment to mental health recovery and social and emotional wellbeing philosophy, and knowledge of traumainformed principles.
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment (TAE40110 or TAE40116).
Certificate IV in Mental Health or Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
Fully vaccinated against COVID19, prior to commencement in the role (triple vaccinated)

The desirable requirements for this role are:

Demonstrated experience in development and review of training materials for face to face and online training.
Demonstrated high level written communication skills
Willingness and ability to travel interstate.
An understanding of the legal assistance sector.

How to apply
- your resume (no more than 5 pages)
- cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining how your experience and expertise meet the requirements of the role

Do you need help to apply?

This is a temporary opportunity across National Legal Aid Commissions (35HPW)
If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
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