• Utilise your real-life experience to engage, encourage and support people in our community
• Permanent full time opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team!
• SCHADS Level 4 ($43.08 - $46.35 per hour) + Superannuation + 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 peoplewho identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Opportunity

The Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe (GGQ) Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is delivered by a consortium of equal partners: Barwon Health, Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd, Wellways Australia and Erhma365. It is a safe space for all community members and is a service underpinned by positivity, hope and inclusion.

As our new Link Worker, you will be providing support in the areas of social connection, community inclusion and engagement for service participants who are isolated and / or experiencing mental health challenges to find meaningful connection within their own community.

This is a rewarding opportunity where you will be able to encourage and empower people to explore their own interests and passions and, alongside other team members, one where you can instill hope through positive self-disclosure and positive role modelling, offering practical ways of overcoming day-to-day barriers and by challenging each other to try new things.

Please visit the Wellways Careers site to download a copy of the position description to see further details relating to this role.

To be successful in this role

You will be utilising your real-life experience, coupled with skills learned through education and training to facilitate the development of social connections and encourage the support of other community members to be inclusive.

You will also need:

• Cert IV in Peer Work (Mental Health or AOD) Or Intentional Peer Support or less formal qualifications with specialized skills sufficient to perform at this level
• Available to participate in out of hours activities as required to undertake the requirements of the role
• Current valid Driver's License
• Right to Work within Australia
• Satisfactory National Police Records Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate

About Us

Wellways connects people, strengthens families, and transforms communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. A leading for purpose mental health and disability support organisation operating nationally, our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year!

Working with a diverse range of people, Wellways creates an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential.

What we offer

• 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, we encourage you to contact Natalie Valys - Acting Program Coordinator on 0418 205 379.

Wellways strongly encourages all workers to be fully vaccinated including relevant boosters for COVID-19.

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