• Are you passionate about your communities mental health and wellbeing
• Multiple mental health roles available for you to help other in the community
• Part Time and Full-time opportunities – SCHADS Level B 4.4

Support major mental health reform in Victoria to ensure that everyone is supported.

This is an amazing opportunity to shape the future of peer and community-led mental health services by being part of the launch of the Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service in Benalla & Wangaratta.

About the service

Wellways, Albury Wodonga Health and ACSO are working together to provide mental health and wellbeing supports in Benalla & Wangaratta to ensure everyone can access treatment and care closer to home.

We are working with the local community and people who have a personal experience of mental health issues and recovery to build these services so they are the best they can be. Our services will be led by lived experience and coproduced with the local community so they are the best they can be.

The Benalla & Wangaratta Mental Health Local 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.

The Roles:

Community Engagement Worker:

• You will work with communities to ensure they can better identify and respond to psychological distress and promote social and emotional wellbeing by establishing supportive partnerships with communities and services.

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Carer Peer Worker:

• Utilise your personal lived or living experience of supporting a person with a mental illness, including people with co-occurring substance use or addiction, to support family members, carers and supporters of the Local Mental Health and wellbeing service.

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Wellbeing Navigator:

• You will provide individual support and group interventions to consumers, assist with service navigation, and link consumers to therapy sessions.

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Wellbeing Peer Navigator:

• Utilising your real-life experience, coupled with skills learned through education and training, you will support and represent people impacted by mental illness, psychological distress and substance use or addiction.

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Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to generous salary packaging and leave loading
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

The Mental Health Locals teams will have an amazing opportunity to drive much-needed mental health improvements for our communities.

How to apply: please send a resume and cover letter outlining what role you are interested in and what skills you will bring to the role.

Closing Date: 16/10/2022

For a confidential discussion about the role contact Mariana Curti, Recruitment Advisor on 03 7064 1636 or at