Persons employed (or engaged via contract) on a part-time or full-time paid basis, where the person is specifically employed for the expertise developed from their lived experience as a mental health carer.

Mental health carer workers include the job titles of, but not limited to, carer consultants, peer support workers, carer support workers, carer representatives and carer advocates.

Roles that mental health carer workers may perform include, but are not limited to:

• Participation in mental health service planning
• Mental health policy development
• Mental health service evaluation
• Training and education of professionals and carers
• Mentoring duties
• Advocacy roles
• Liaison activities
• Carer support roles