JOB DESCRIPTION

• 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

Job Description Summary

The Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer is a designated consumer lived experience position. The SWNP brings Intentional Peer Support (IPS) expertise to contribute to a culture grounded in the principles and tasks of IPS, and to support a small number of participants whose experiences may involve multiple and intersecting challenges. The SWNP provides Peer Supervision/Consumer Perspective Supervision/Co Reflection and day to day practice support and mentoring to our large team of Wellbeing Navigator Peers, as well as building collaborative relationships across the larger multidisciplinary team at the Local.

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

14/12/2025