Rising Together: Lifting the lid on the experiences of family/carer lived experience workers

Abstract

The Rising Together study was a co-produced study funded by the Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL) and led by the University of Melbourne. The study sought to investigate the experiences of family/carer lived experience (LE) workers within the Victorian mental health system, with the aim of better understanding what is needed to ensure the safe and sustainable development of this workforce. People with a lived experience of being a family member or carer of a person using mental health services have been employed in lived experience roles within the Victorian mental health sector since 1999. Family/carer LE workers have played several roles within the service system including enablin..