Wellways – Senior Wellbeing Navigator Peer (Lived Experience Lead) 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. Lead and mentor a lived‑experience workforce through peer supervision; shape mental health reform through recovery‑oriented, trauma‑informed practice.

Responsibility - Provide intentional peer support (IPS) to participants experiencing complex mental health challenges.

- Co‑reflexion, peer supervision, mentoring and day‑to‑day practice support for Wellbeing Navigator Peers.
- Model IPS principles and tasks; foster a culture recognising the unique contribution of peer work.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to strengthen the integration of lived‑experience approaches.
- Champion recovery‑oriented, trauma‑informed and human rights‑based practice across the service.
- Influence ongoing mental health reform and support the growth of the peer workforce.

Qualifications & Experience - Personal experience of distress, trauma, mental illness and/or substance use and a recovery journey.





- Completion of Intentional Peer Support core or advanced training (essential).
- Minimum qualification: Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work, AoD, Community Services, or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a consumer peer work role.

Other

Requirements - Current valid driver’s licence and the ability to travel for the role.

- Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check.
- Right to work within Australia.
- Satisfactory National Police Records Check (valid within the last 12 months).
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module certificate.

Advantages - Salary $51.00 – $53.31 per hour (SCHADS Level 5B) + leave loading + super.

- Salary packaging up to $15,899.
- Meal and entertainment allowance via salary packaging up to $2,650 per annum.
- 17.5% leave loading each time you take annual leave.
- Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program for you and your family. Applications close 02/08/2026. Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their successful appointment.

📌 Senior Wellbeing Navigator - Maroondah (Bendigo)
🏢 Wellways Pty
📍 Bendigo