Wellbeing Navigator Peer

• 3 x Part-Time roles (12 Months) with potential for Full-Time hours
• Join a newly established Bushfire Surge Response Team shaping mental health services
• $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 Opportunity

We are seeking passionate and dedicated Wellbeing Navigator Peers to join our newly established Bushfire Surge Response Team, delivering Mental Health and Wellbeing Local services across the Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires. These positions are offered on a part-time basis, with the possibility of full-time hours for suitable candidates. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a service where lived experience is not only valued but actively leads the way mental health and wellbeing supports are delivered. Employed by Wellways Australia, you will work alongside participants, carers, families, and community members to provide meaningful peer support and service navigation that promotes hope, connection, and recovery.

Drawing on your own lived experience and guided by the Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Framework, you will walk alongside people experiencing mental health and/or alcohol and other drug challenges as they navigate the supports they need. The role involves providing peer support through outreach, in-reach, phone, and telehealth channels, assisting participants to access services aligned with their goals and strengths, and supporting collaborative engagement with clinical and community supports.

As a key point of contact, you will help create a welcoming and inclusive environment while contributing to a workplace culture that centres lived experience, mutuality, respect, self-determination, and the ongoing growth of the lived experience workforce.

You will need

• Personal experience of distress, trauma, mental illness and/or substance use and the recovery journey
• Minimum Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or a relevant field
• 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, and an International Police Check ( If required)
• Satisfactory National Police Records Check (valid within the last 12 months)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate

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 Sally Whitelaw, Operations Manager on 0461 484 010

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

Contract End Date

11/06/2027

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

This is your opportunity to join a values based, growing, innovative and nationally recognised organisation with over 2,000 staff members across 93 sites.

Please select "Apply" below to complete your application.

Applications Close

21/06/2026