Wellbeing Navigator Peer

Wellways Australia; Mildura; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,899

Leave loading 17.5%

Meal & Entertainment allowance up to $

Paid cultural leave

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Wellways Australia is seeking a Wellbeing Navigator Peer in Mildura to support people on their mental health journey with person-centred assistance. You will draw on lived experience to provide peer support, assist with intake, and help connect individuals with services.

Working in a multidisciplinary, values-based team, you’ll foster inclusion, resilience and belonging, while navigating community resources and planning collaborative care with clients and carers.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated lived experience with mental health challenges or support role.
• Personal lived experience is mandatory and may be required under Equal Opportunity provisions.
• Right to work in Australia and valid Australian driver’s license.
• Satisfactory police/checks: National Police Check, Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check; willingness to undertake.

Responsibilities

• Welcome and assist with intake processes.
• Provide intentional, strengths-based peer support.
• Offer one-on-one support and collaborative care planning.
• Assist people to navigate mental health, wellbeing and community services.
• Support people to build everyday skills, resilience and confidence.

Skills

Lived experience

Empathy

Communication

Care planning

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health / Mental Health Peer Work / Community Services

Job description

At Wellways, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute. We warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with lived experience of mental health challenges or disability, people from multicultural backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTIQA+. We recognise that diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen our workforce and the communities we support.

• Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support people in our community
• Full-time opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team
• Not for profit, values-based company + salary packaging up to $15,899 + 17.5% leave loading

About the Opportunity

As a Wellbeing Navigator Peer, you’ll walk alongside people in our community on their mental health and wellbeing journey, offering guidance through a range of person-centred supports and services. You’ll help individuals connect with what matters most to them, whether it’s achieving personal goals, fostering healing, finding social inclusion or strengthening their sense of belonging.

This is a unique opportunity that exists with the goal of making sure everyone in our community is supported, included and empowered.

Key elements of your new role will include:

• Welcome people accessing the service and assist with intake processes
• Provide intentional, strengths-based peer support
• Offer one-on-one support and collaborative care planning
• Assist people to navigate and access mental health, wellbeing and community services
• Support people to build everyday skills, resilience and confidence

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Demonstrated lived experience and recovery of mental health challenges, psychological distress and/or substance use or addiction, or experience supporting someone with lived experience, and the ability to draw on this appropriately and purposefully (mandatory)
• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges, psychological distress, substance use or addiction and/or engagement with mental health and addiction services, or lived experience as a family member, carer or supporter, together with the ability to intentionally and safely use lived experience knowledge to build connection, mutual learning, hope and possibility, is an inherent requirement of this role.
• This role is designated for a person with personal lived experience pursuant to section 28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).
• Certificate IV in Mental Health, Mental Health Peer Work, or Community Services (completed or in progress), or a willingness to undertake it, or equivalent lived experience workforce knowledge, skills and practical experience.
• Evidence of right to work in Australia
• Current valid Driver’s License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
• Satisfactory National Police Check, Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to undertake
• NDIS Workers Orientation Module certificate – free online course

About the service

Wellways, Mildura Public Base Hospital, Malee District Aboriginal Services and Sunraysia Community Health are working together to provide mental health and wellbeing supports Mildura to ensure everyone can access treatment and care closer to home.

The Mildura Mental Health and Wellbeing Local will provide welcoming and inclusive support for people aged 26 years and over who are experiencing mental health challenges, including people with co-occurring alcohol and drug addiction treatment and care needs.

We are working with the local community and people who have a personal experience of mental health issues and recovery to build these services so they are the best they can be. Our services are co-designed by consumers, carers and the local 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 $15,899enables 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 loadingevery time you take annual leave
• Paid Cultural leave where applicable
• 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 Katie Revere, Support and Connect Lead on 0499 208 057.

We’d love to get to know you!

Please include your resume/CV as well as a cover letter, describing what draws you to this role and how your lived experience has shaped your interest or approach to this opportunity.

- You’re welcome to share at a level that feels right for you -

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

Job Description Summary

Rewarding opportunity to support people to build confidence, access services and achieve meaningful wellbeing goals through peer-led support.

Culture

We’re passionate about ourwork, whichis enjoyable, challenging and rewarding.Allofourteamswork toensure 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.

Applications Close

22/10/2026