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READYAI

READYAI

Investigator: A/Prof Dom Dwyer 

Lived Experience Researcher and contact: Leslie Azzis [email protected]  
 

What does the project involve? 

Participants are invited to become advisors on the READYAI Youth Advisory Group, which will meet every six weeks for 12 months. READYAI is part of Orygen AI Lab, which aims to use AI to amplify our capacity to care, for ourselves, for each other, and the future.  

We aim to keep AI in the background so clinicians, young people, and carers can focus on time, connection and trust. Youth Advisory Group members will be using their lived experience to inform and make decisions that support the development of safe, powerful, fair and empowering AI clinical products for young people. 

Reimbursement 

Honorarium payment that includes preparation time (on average, $60 for a 2-hour meeting, plus $30–$60 for preparation time, depending on the agenda). 

Eligibility 

  • Living with or have experienced mental ill-health 

  • Experienced, or willing to gain exposure in using your own lived experience and the lived experience of your peers to participate, interpret data, and contribute to decision-making 

  • Willing to prepare for, and regularly attend sessions (held both in person and online) 

  • Open to sharing ideas and helping to shape AI innovations from the ground up  

  • Willing to interpret and represent the perspectives of your peers in your decisions 

  • Able to commit to a 12-month period 

  • Able to volunteer in Australia (Australian residency visa or citizenship) 

  • Willing to provide the details of a personal referee (such as a family friend, case manager, teacher, counsellor, etc) 

  • Able to provide reference checks if required (Working with Children Checks, Police Check). We will provide support for this  

  • Able to travel to Melbourne once a year (flight expenses will be funded by the project) 

Support 

  • Hybrid sessions (held both online and in-person)  

  • We will work with you from the start of your involvement to understand and support any accessibility needs (e.g. physical, sensory, cultural, cognitive etc.) 

  • We will provide clear, accessible materials, sent ahead of each session from experts and speakers in AI  

  • There will be a regular group reflection process to identify and address potential blind spots and areas of improvement to maintain healthy group dynamics 

  • A dedicated contact person to support you throughout your involvement in the project 

  • Support to design a personalised wellness plan to ensure your safety and wellbeing throughout the entire project, including two one-to-one check-ins during the year  

  • The supply of a professional reference  

Recruitment 

If you are interested in this initiative, click here to access the three short recruitment questions and personal details required. If your application is a good fit for this project, we will invite you for a phone interview.  
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact [email protected].