Youth Lived Experience Advisor

4 months ago

Porirua, New Zealand Capital & Coast District Health Board Full time

**_Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District_**

Location: Wellington Region - Based from Kenepuru Hospital

Service: Mental Health Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS)

Contract: Permanent, part-time (0.8 FTE)

**Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role**

Are you passionate about mental health and addiction? Have you used youth mental health or addiction services? Would you like to use your experience to make a difference? If the answer is yes, then we'd like to hear from you.

Lived Experience Advisors are people with lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction and recovery. They have experience of accessing secondary (community team) or tertiary (inpatient unit) mental health and/or addiction services and want to use that experience to bring about systemic change. We are system-focused advisors and work in collaboration with MHAIDS to provide a lived experience perspective within the organisation. We are passionate about using peer and recovery values to advice in service delivery and design.

The youth lived experience advisor will ensure the youth lived experience perspective is presented, valued and implemented in decision-making, policy and quality improvement projects. You will be based with the Lived Experience Advisory Team at their Kenepuru Hospital office but you will stay connected to your sector.

The role is 32 hours, 0.8 FTE. However there is flexibility to start at 3 days a week if necessary and work up to 32 hours.

**Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team**

The Lived Experience Advisory Team are currently a team of five people. We have lived experience advisors working within inpatients units, the community sector, serious event reviews, and in staff learning and development. We have a Team Leader who is responsible for the day to day operations of the Lived Experience Advisory Team and a Director of Lived Experience and Engagement who represents the lived experience voice at a Senior Leadership Team.

The team also work closely with relevant internal and external stakeholders (local/regional/national) to advise and assist in the development of strategies and processes required to achieve successful outcomes for people with lived experience.

**Moū - About you**
- Personal lived experience of accessing child and youth tertiary and/or secondary mental health or addiction services, and an ability to share this experience to improve services.
- Know what recovery means for you and are able to notice when challenges arise. You will have knowledge of what self-care and stress management practices support you to be well and can share when issues comes up.
- Have a good understanding of peer values and recovery principles.
- Have experience in project and advisory work.
- Can relate and connect with diverse groups of people.
- Enjoy working in a team.
- Can effectively communicate information to diverse audiences using recovery focused language.
- Knows the relevant rights, legislation, polices and standards. E.g. Health and Disability Code of Consumer Rights.
- A relevant diploma or degree qualification is not required for this role.

**E pā ana ki a tatou - About us**

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:
Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

**Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply**

**_ Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai_**

**_ By joining together we will succeed_

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