Wellbeing Navigator Peer - Welcome and Access

• Provide peer support grounded in mutuality, creating safe spaces for connection
• Offer a consistent and welcoming presence across the Local and co-located site
• $44.58 – 47.97 phr (SCHADS Level 4B) + Leave loading + Super + Salary packaging

Wellways is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

About this Program

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Local Service is an integrated wellbeing and support service
delivered through partnership in the Maroondah and Yarra Ranges Shires. Operating six days a
week with extended hours, we provide clinical support, care, and wellbeing services to people
aged 26+ experiencing mental health challenges, including co-occurring substance use or
addiction.

About the Opportunity

This fixed-term opportunity with Wellways places you at the frontline of a welcoming, community-based mental health service in the Yarra Ranges.

Operating since December 2023, the Yarra Ranges Local provides face-to-face support across multiple community locations, alongside outreach, group participation, and community engagement initiatives that strengthen understanding of mental health and wellbeing. This is a designated Consumer Lived Experience role, grounded in lived experience values and the Intentional Peer Support framework. You’ll support people at their first point of contact, assist with intake and waitlist engagement, and offer peer support - including brief interventions and a small caseload of ongoing one-to-one support.

You’ll work alongside individuals experiencing mental health and/or alcohol and other drug challenges, supporting them to identify what matters to them, connect with services of their choosing, and build hope, connection, and self-determination.

You will need:

• Personal experience of distress, trauma, mental illness and/or substance use and the recovery journey, accessing and navigating health carer services, including mental health services and a willingness to draw upon your experiences and recovery journey to inform your work
• Minimum qualification in Intentional Peer Support, SHARC Peer worker training, Certificate IV Mental Health Peer work, Certificate IV in AoD
• Strong understanding of the principles of recovery-oriented practice and peer work values and principles.

You will also need:

• Current valid Driver’s License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
• Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check
• Right to Work within Australia
• Satisfactory National Police Records Check (valid within the last 12 months)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate

About Us
Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

What we offer

• A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued
• An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 enables you to spend a portion of your salary before it is taxed to pay for things like rent, mortgage repayments, car leasing
• Meal and Entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum
• Receive 17.5% leave loading every time you take annual leave
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Emma Grose, Team Leader Support and Connect on 0475 750 790

Once you APPLY click her for a copy of the position description

Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.

If you’d like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here  Reconciliation | Wellways

Job Description Summary

This is a designated Consumer Lived Experience position. The role is grounded in Lived Experience values and Intentional Peer Support framework and focuses on initial contact with participants, intake support, waitlist engagement, brief or single session peer support and service navigation. This role will also hold a small caseload for ongoing one to one peer support.

Contract End Date

30/06/2027

Culture

We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

How to Apply

Applications Close

10/05/2026