Support Coordinator

• Join a nationally recognised and growing provider of mental health and disability services
• Permanent full time opportunity with access to ongoing training and development
• Generous employee benefits including leave loading & salary packaging benefits

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

This is a rewarding opportunity for you to support and empower individuals in your community to live the fulfilling and meaningful lives that they envisage for themselves.

As our new Support Coordinator / Recovery Coach, your main focus will be to work with and support participants with psychosocial disabilities in their recovery, as well as coordinate supports in line with the participants' NDIS plan and with their individual goals. You will partner with those in your care to strengthen their ability to design, manager and, ultimately, control their supports, assist them to take more control over their life and to better manager any challenges they encounter in day-to-day living.

This role combines recovery and support coordination to help participants develop relationships and build support networks to ensure they are fully supported throughout their recovery journey. If this sounds like the next step in your career, then we look forward to receiving your application!

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Requirements of a Cert 4 in Mental Health or similar qualifications
• 2 years' experience in the Mental Health field are highly valuable
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Current valid Driver's License
• The right to work in Australia, Working with Vulnerable People Check with NDIS Endorsement and National Police Records Check
• 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, please contact Magenta Bennion at or 0422 634 ***.

Once you apply, please 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