Wellbeing Navigator Peer Cadet (Bairnsdale)

Inclusion & Diversity 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. Overview 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. Responsibilities & Skills Development
- 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, upholding 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. Qualifications
- Be currently enrolled in, or willing to enrol in, the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or a relevant certificate level qualification.
- Lived or 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. Benefits
- A structured learning environment with guidance from experienced mentors.
- An individualised learning plan that fosters both personal and professional development.
- A purpose driven culture where people can thrive, everyone is respected, and differences are valued.
- An equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work setting.
- 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.
- Access for you and your family to our Employee Assistance Program. Job Summary Begin your mental health career with paid learning, supportive mentoring and opportunities to use your lived experience to create meaningful impact. Contract End Date 29/06/2027 #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qtkyj