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Lived Experience Advisory Committee First Nations Member Recruitment

Lived Experience Advisory Committee First Nations Member Recruitment

Lived Experience Advisory Committee First Nations Member Recruitment

SANE’s Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC) is looking for 2x Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander members, with either personal or carer lived experience of complex mental health concerns.

Purpose of LEAC:

The LEAC ensures, that people with lived experience provide input and advice to Board and Executive. This assists SANE in its goals in relation to lived experience.

Duties of LEAC Members:

  • Each member of LEAC are responsible for:
  • Being prepared, attending and actively engaging in meetings.
  • Attending at least 80% of meetings via Microsoft Teams
  • LEAC Members are volunteers. They will be required to sign a Volunteer Agreement and a Non Disclosure Agreement. And, they will also be required to obtain a valid Police Check and Working with Children Check (or equivalent in your state/territory)
  • LEAC Members also receive access to SANE's Employee Assistance Program, and learning & development sessions. They will also have access to SANE's information systems for the purposes of contributing to each session.
  • We understand that for some Forum members this may be an important consideration in influencing their decision to join LEAC. SANE is committed to maintaining your anonymity within the Forums. But this process will identify you to SANE and other LEAC members.
  • Conducting themselves in a manner that is respectful to other members. which promotes confidence in the integrity of the work being undertaken.
  • Contributing their own lived experiences to discussions and decisions.
  • Using their experience, skills and knowledge to best represent their own diversity of lived experiences.
  • Delivering allocated agenda items and actions in the timeframes determined.
  • Openly expressing their views during meetings.
  • Championing the work and achievements of SANE in the general community

If you are interested please complete the below Expression of Interest Form https://forms.office.com/r/RyyZTuzq0Rby 15th July 2024

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Feel free to ask any questions you have @ArraDreaming @Oaktree @Captain24 @Delicatessen @defaultusername

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@tyme @RachSANECEO

How many meetings are we talking about? How often do they happen? What time etc

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Oh yeah I would like to know that too @Oaktree @tyme

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Hi Everyone,

I thought I would introduce myself - I haven't before. I am the Manager of Lived Experience & Peer Work at SANE. I've been with SANE for nearly 2yrs and it has been the best job ever.

Like many of us on the Forums, I too struggle with my mental health from time-to-time but over the years it's gone from being a roaring lion to a tiny little kitten. Still annoys me but I can control it. When it was like a lion it was a bit uncontrollable. Feel free to talk to me about OCD, Panic Disorder, Childhood Trauma and Depression.

Fun fact, I was born in India but my mum and dad moved to Australia over 24 years ago and we are aussie citizens.

I was lucky enough as part of my role here at SANE to establish the LEAC Committee.

The Committee meets every 2-3months. It's next meeting is in August. It meets in the evening at 4pm to support those that work.

Feel free to apply. It's not about the looks - if you are and identify as aboriginal and/or torres strait islander then you are welcome. We don't judge or discriminate.

If you have any questions or would just like to chat feel free to let me know.

@RachSANECEO @ArraDreaming @Oaktree

Thanks 🙂

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u@AD_SANE_LEM

Hi nice to meet you. I am used to feeling judged for not being dark enough

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@Oaktree yes it does 🙂

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@Oaktree That is a shame - one should never be judged because of their skin colour. No matter how much milk you put in a cup of tea - it's still a cup of tea. a quote from Aunty Munya's book.

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Well I know that @AD_SANE_LEM

Unfortunately for me and as the Australian government knows Aboriginal colour is bred out very quickly. My Nana was English and had by Mother with an Aboriginal man. Then my Mother married a man from England. I also married an Englishman. My daughter is the whitest Aboriginal you ever saw. And we have blue eyes to boot. I do have a certificate of confirmation if I need it

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We know the significant impact of colonisation. It's so so sad and it perpetuates intergenerational trauma. You are more than welcome to apply - we don't judge based on skin colour.

@Oaktree

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@ArraDreaming

What do you reckon? Are you going to put in an expression of interest?

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