Senior Wellbeing Navigator - Maroondah

• Lead and mentor a Lived Experience workforce through Peer Supervision
• Shape mental health reform through recovery-oriented, trauma-informed practice
• $51.00 - 53.31 phr (SCHADS Level 5B) + 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

Join Wellways as a Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer and play a key leadership role within our Support & Connect Team, where Lived and Living Experience is not only valued but leads the way we work. As a designated consumer Lived Experience position, you will use your Intentional Peer Support (IPS) expertise to build authentic, mutual relationships with participants experiencing complex mental health challenges, while championing recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and human rights-based practice across the service.

Working alongside another Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer, you will provide peer supervision, co-reflection, mentoring and day-to-day practice support to a large team of Wellbeing Navigator Peers. You will model the principles and tasks of IPS, foster a culture that recognises the unique contribution of peer work, and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to strengthen the integration of Lived Experience approaches. This is an exciting opportunity to influence ongoing mental health reform, support the growth of the peer workforce, and empower people to build meaningful connections and pursue lives of their choosing.

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 public 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 (Essential)
• Minimum qualification: Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work, AoD, Community Services, or other relevant certificate level qualification (desired)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Consumer Peer Work role

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 Sally Western, Operations Manager on 0497 748 332

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 SummaryThis is a designated consumer Lived Experience position. You will bring your Intentional Peer Support (IPS) expertise to contribute to a culture grounded in the principles and tasks of IPS. You will provide IPS to a small number of participants, as well as providing Peer Supervision/Consumer Perspective Supervision/Co Reflection and day to day practice support and mentoring to our large team of Wellbeing Navigator Peers. You will also build collaborative relationships across the larger multidisciplinary team at the Local to support the integration of Lived/Living Experience approaches and uphold trauma informed, human rights based and recovery-oriented principles.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 ApplyApplications Close02/08/2026