Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support people in our community

Permanent full time opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team!

Not for profit, values-based company + salary packaging up to $15,899 + 17.5% leave loading

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 the opportunity

As our new Living in Community (LinC) Worker, you will be part of our Building Community Capacity team, supporting people who are experiencing mental health challenges, social isolation, or loneliness to find meaningful connection within their own community.

This is a rewarding and newly created opportunity where you will provide one-to-one and group support, walk alongside people in exploring their interests and passions, and work collaboratively with their supporters. You'll also play a role in building community capacity through facilitating activities, sharing resources, and delivering presentations that increase awareness of the impacts of social isolation on mental health and wellbeing.

Together with your team members, you'll instil hope through positive role modelling and mutual relationships, offering practical ways of overcoming day-to-day barriers and encouraging people to try new things.

Please visit the Wellways Careers site to download a copy of the position description to see further details relating to this role.

An opportunity exists for this role to being a part time (0.8FTE, equivalent to 4 days per week) role for the right candidate to fit your best work / life balance. Pro rata salary would apply.

About you

This role is identified for someone with lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery. You feel comfortable drawing on your own experiences to empower others in their recovery journey.

You're empathetic and community-minded, with strong communication skills and the ability to connect with people from diverse backgrounds. You'll bring a blend of lived experience, relevant training and an understanding of local community supports to help people build confidence, skills, and social networks.

What you'll bring:

Personal experience of mental distress and accessing and navigating healthcare services, including mental health services and a willingness to draw upon your experiences and recovery journey to inform your work

Certificate IV Mental Health/AOD Peer Work, SHARC Peer Worker Training, Intentional Peer Support or willingness to complete.

Relevant experience in a community engagement or peer worker role.

Right to Work within Australia

Satisfactory National Police Check, Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to undertake

NDIS Worker Orientation Module

About the Service

Wellways, in partnership with APMHA Healthcare and GV Health, is excited to be working together across Greater Shepparton, Strathbogie, and Moira to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support across the region. Together, we're aiming to offer services that meet the unique needs of individuals in our community, whenever and wherever they are needed. Lived experience, inclusivity, and genuine collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals are free, voluntary and easy to access, with no referral needed. With a "no wrong door" approach and a focus on choice and connection, these safe and welcoming spaces make it easier for people to get the support they need - close to home, family and community.

What we will offer you…

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 this opportunity, we encourage you to contact Rob McAdam at 0492 125 089.

We'd love to get to know you!

Please include a cover letter as well as a resume/CV in your application.

Applications close 28th October 2025

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