• Full time, ongoing opportunity based across Braddon, ACT and Murrumbidgee, NSW
• $39.26 p/hr + 10.5% Super + 17.5% Leave Loading + Salary Packaging benefits!
• Join us in supporting individuals to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in their own community!

About Wellways

Wellways Australia exists to help all Australians lead active, fulfilling and inclusive lives in their community. We achieve this by supporting and working with individuals, families and the community to help them imagine and achieve better lives. We advocate for change to ensure people have access to the best possible care and information when they need it. We provide a wide range of services and assistance for people with mental health issues, disabilities, youth and older Australians and those requiring community care.

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.

About this opportunity

The Lived Experience StandBy Lead Worker is responsible for assisting the StandBy Regional Coordinator in the coordination of the StandBy suicide postvention services across the StandBy site of the ACT & Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network region. This position involves coordinating service delivery to individuals, families and communities bereaved and/or impacted by suicide, community development and engagement, education, training, and as required, the provision of individual support to those impacted and bereaved by suicide.

Key Operational Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the StandBy Regional Coordinator, as required, in the coordination of the StandBy suicide postvention services across the StandBy site of the ACT & Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network region
• Undertaking community engagement and education, following asset-based community development principles, across the entire region
• Facilitating a range of community engagement and education activities and workshops across the region
• Upskilling and training external services and agencies in suicide bereavement service provision, to build the capacity of the sector to provide appropriate support to those bereaved and/or impacted by suicide
• Supporting the StandBy Regional Coordinator, as required, to respond to the StandBy 24/7 mobile during business hours (diverted to the SB After-Hours Service outside business hours)

To be successful in this role, you will possess the following

• Lived experience of suicide bereavement and/or impact
• An understanding of, and experience in, suicide postvention service provision and associated issues, bereavement and/or related disciplines such as trauma, grief, and loss
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is desirable (however preferred applicant will be supported to obtain upon recruitment)
• A current valid Driver's License
• Satisfactory Police Check (no older than 12 months)
• Current Working with Vulnerable People check (ACT) and Working With Children's Check (NSW)
• Evidence of working rights within Australia such as a passport, birth certificate or VISA
• NDIS Orientation Module
• Evidence of full COVID vaccination including booster, or a valid medical exemption

Benefits & Culture

Wellways supports an inclusive approach in both the workplace and community where everyone can imagine and achieve their goals to their fullest potential. This is your opportunity to join a nationally recognised organisation with over 1,800 staff members across 93 sites where you can gain access to ongoing support and opportunity for career development.

• Join a brand new and supportive team
• Salary packaging up to $15,899 per annum
• An Employee Assistance Program which aims to support and empower employees and their loved ones

How to Apply

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Elliot Wray, Standby Coordinator at 0421 840 505.

The health and safety of Wellways participants and employees is our highest priority and all Wellways roles are covered by directives that require mandatory COVID vaccinations. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or valid medical exemption prior to commencement.

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment. ​