• Full-Time Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer in Belgrave,VIC
• Lead peer practice using IPS and lived experience, support participants with complex mental health needs
• $51.00 - 53.31 phr (SCHADS Level 5B) + Leave loading + 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 a Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer to join our Support and Connect Team. This designated consumer Lived Experience role draws on your expertise in Intentional Peer Support (IPS) to provide meaningful, values-driven peer support to participants facing complex and intersecting challenges, such as long-term mental health concerns, trauma, or social disadvantage.

In this leadership role, you'll model IPS principles, offer mentoring and co-reflection to peer staff, and foster a culture that respects and amplifies the voice of Lived Experience. Your work will be grounded in human rights, trauma-informed care, and recovery-oriented practice, while actively supporting reconciliation and culturally safe services for First Nations peoples.

If you're ready to lead with authenticity, curiosity, and compassion, come join us in making a difference.

You will need:

• Personal experience of distress, trauma, mental illness and/or substance use and the recovery journey, accessing and navigating health care services, including mental health services and a willingness to draw upon your experiences and recovery journey to inform your work
• Completion of Intentional Peer Support Core or Advanced Training
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a Consumer Peer Work role
• A well-established understanding of the values, practices and principles of peer support Minimum of three years' experience working in mental health or related services.
• 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 (less than 12 months old)
• 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 Sally Western, on 0497 748332

Once you APPLY click here 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