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
