Job Description
This is a Wellbeing Navigator Peer Cadet role with Wellways Australia based in Bairnsdale, VIC, AU == Wellways Australia == Role Seniority - graduate More about the Wellbeing Navigator Peer Cadet role at Wellways Australia 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. If you’d like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here Reconciliation | Wellways Commence your career in the rewarding mental health peer work sector Full time (flexible) opportunity to build your skills in a supportive, practical learning environment Paid 12 month cadetship with access to not-for-profit salary packaging and annual leave loading benefits About the Opportunity This is an opportunity to begin your career in an environment where learning comes first. You will be supported to build your confidence, develop your practice and grow your skills through a structured learning plan, supervision and day to day guidance from experienced team members. This Cadet role is specifically designed for individuals who have lived and living experience of mental health challenges, substance use, addiction and/or suicidality. Whether your experience comes from personal journey or from supporting someone close to you, this role provides an opportunity to channel that experience in a safe and supported way while you learn what peer work looks like in practice. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills to: Learn how to provide peer support to participants navigating mental health, substance use, addiction and/or suicidality challenges Build reciprocal and supportive relationships with participants that focus on strengths and recovery. Working to uphold participant voices wherever possible Grow your understanding of how lived and living experience can be shared with intention using frameworks such as Intentional Peer Support Observe, participate in and gradually contribute to peer support activities, including one to one support and group programs Flexibility to complete this program across part‑time hours is available (minimum four days a week) with rosters designed to support your study and life commitments. By the end of the program, you will have developed a strong foundation in peer work practice and a clearer understanding of how you would like to grow your career within the mental health and wellbeing sector. Please click here to download a copy of the position description to see further details relating to this role. To be successful in this role, you will need: Be currently enrolled in, or willing to enrol in, the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or a relevant certificate level qualification Lived/Living experience or a personal experience of supporting someone with mental health challenges, substance use and or addiction or suicidality Willingness to intentionally and purposefully use this experience to support others 100 points of identification Right to Work within Australia Satisfactory National Police Records Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate About the Service Wellways, in partnership with Gippsland Lakes Complete Health and Latrobe Regional Health, is excited to be working together across East Gippsland to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support across the region. Together, we're aiming to offer services that meet the unique needs of individuals in our community, whenever and wherever they are needed. Lived experience, inclusivity, and genuine collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals are free, voluntary and easy to access, with no referral needed. With a “no wrong door” approach and a focus on choice and connection, these safe and welcoming spaces make it easier for people to get the support they need - close to home, family and community.