Wellbeing Peer Navigator

• Contribute to major mental health reform in Victoria centering consumer Lived Experience in establishment of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Local
• Utilise your Lived/Living Experience expertise to engage and empower individuals on their recovery journey
• NFP 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.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals
Orbost and Bairnsdale

About the opportunity

Working together, Wellways, Latrobe Regional Health and Gippsland Lakes Complete Health are committed to delivering a spectrum of mental health and addiction supports and interventions tailored to the unique need of the East Gippsland community. Our approach prioritized Lived/Living Experience, inclusivity and genuine partnership and participation, forming the foundations of our work. This innovative approach represents a transformative shift offering a remarkable opportunity to shape the future of mental health and wellbeing in Victoria.

Now is your chance to shape the future of mental health and wellbeing in Victoria to ensure that everyone is supported and included.

About you

Drawing on your Lived/Living experience of mental health and/or addiction challenges and the recovery journey, as well as your professional skills, the Wellbeing Navigator Peer, as part of the build and bridge team, is dedicated to supporting and advocating for individuals affected by mental illness, psychological distress and substance use or addiction. Working alongside other disciplines, you'll play a key role in our collaborative network fostering a safe and inclusive space for healing and growth.

Main responsibilities include:

• Deliver Intentional Peer Support to empower participants on their recovery journey by drawing on shared experiences and fostering mutuality and connection.
• Providing personalized one to one service navigation and care planning, tailored to individual strengths and goals.
• Assist participants with recovery and wellness planning to help gain a sense of control and empowerment over their lives by building on strengths and resources.
• Facilitating peer led groups.
• Support capacity building initiatives that recognise and build on individual strengths and capabilities of participants.
• Supporting meaningful engagement with clinical supports ensuring individual need and preferences guide and inform a collaborative approach.
• Support participants to be involved in decision making about their own recovery journey.
• Building the clinical workforce understanding of the Lived Experience Workforce

You will also need:

• Personal Experience of mental distress and accessing and navigating health services, including mental health services
• Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work, SHARC Peer Worker Training, Intentional Peer Support or willingness to complete. 1+ year relevant work experience in a peer worker role
• National Police Check
• Current Working with Children Check-employment
• NDIS Workers Screening check
• Evidence of right to work in Australia
• 100 points of identification
• NDIS Workers Orientation module certificate - free online course

Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals are free, voluntary, and easy to access, with no referral required. Importantly, these new services will be delivered on the basis of 'how can we help? and a 'no wrong door' approach, focused on empowering participants to have choice and control over their support options.

This new service will make it easier for participants to access the support they need, within their communities.

Most importantly, Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals will offer a safe and welcoming space for everyone.

What we will offer you…

• Relocation incentives may apply for eligible applicants
• 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 Raelene Taylor, Recruitment Lead 0748634***

Once you APPLY click here for 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.