Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of those impacted by suicide?
* Use your lived experience to guide others through grief, and help communities heal after suicide
* Support others and build resilient, connected communities across Gippsland
* $44.58 to $47.97 phr (SCHADS Level 4B) + Leave loading + Super + Salary packaging
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 The Opportunity
We are seeking a dedicated Senior Peer Worker to join our Support After Suicide Postvention Program in Gippsland. This unique role blends lived and living experience of suicide bereavement with community coordination and education to provide meaningful, trauma-informed support. You will play a vital role in fostering resilience within communities, delivering peer-led postvention care, and strengthening community responses through collaborative partnerships with local services. Your lived experience will be central to guiding others through their recovery journey, while promoting inclusion and reducing stigma.
As a key contributor to regional suicide postvention and prevention efforts, you will work closely with families, carers, community groups and service providers to provide timely and appropriate support following a suicide. You will also lead community engagement initiatives, help build supportive networks, and facilitate education sessions using the Gippsland Suicide Response Community Guidelines. Reporting to the Program & Practice Coordinator for Psychosocial Services, and working alongside partners such as Jesuit Social Services, this role offers the opportunity to shape local systems of care and lead the development of a compassionate, community-led response to suicide bereavement.
You will need:
* Minimum Diploma qualifications and/or experience in working in a support role for people with mental health conditions.
* Current valid Driver's License and the ability to undertake travel for the role
* Current Working with Children Check and NDIS Workers Screening Check
* Right to Work within Australia
* Satisfactory National Police Records Check (less than 12 months old)
* 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
Christopher Turner
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Once you APPLY click here for a copy of the position description
Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people.
Successful applicants must undergo a comprehensive screening process prior to their commencement.
If you'd like to know more about our reconciliation commitment, click here
Reconciliation | Wellways
Job Description Summary
The Support After Suicide Postvention Program is dedicated to delivering support post suicide tailored approach
or through community development and education. The program facilitates community wide discussion about
suicide, and building a community-based support network that utilises lived experience and peer support to
support and connect communities, build resilient communities that is empowered to provide community based
support to those bereaved by suicide.
This unique casual role combines Lived and Living Experience Peer Suicide Prevention and Community
Coordination to provide both community development and education, and direct care for participants who are
bereaved as a result of suicide. The Casual Senior Peer Worker role is well placed to become a community leader
in suicide postvention and suicide prevention in Gippsland and will be a key contributor to the growth of a
Gippsland community that is equipped to provide support to individuals. Families and communities following a
death from suicide.
The role will:
* Provide support to families, carers, supporters, and community groups following a suicide attempt to help
people to stay safe and connect with essential services.
* Engage with and deliver safe and effective service to vulnerable groups who are known to be at high risk
of suicide.
* Improve access to the most helpful postvention services based on their experiences and needs for timely
support.
* Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of suicide postvention services
* Work collaboratively with existing services (clinical and community based) to meet individual needs and
circumstances.
* Complement existing broader postvention services and overall co-ordination without duplication of
existing services.
* Support and Empower communities to support one another in maintaining social and emotional wellbeing.
* Establish referral pathways with a broad range of health, social and community services that people may
need to support their recovery.
* Identify and facilitate opportunities that promote the inclusion of, and build the capacity of, people and
community groups to access services and achieve healthy, strong and connected communities.
* Establish working relationships with community and groups to implement Gippsland Suicide Response
Community Guidelines with the goal of providing development and education programs to build
community resources, capabilities to provide support following a suicide.
Under the support and direction of Program & Practice Co-ordinator for Psychosocial Services, this casual role
forms part of the Gippsland team and works with the Support After Suicide Postvention Team (which includes
Jesuits Social Services) and other key stakeholders in the ongoing development and effective implementation of
the Gippsland regional and program plans.
Culture
We're passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.
How To Apply
This is your opportunity to join a values based, growing, innovative and nationally recognised organisation with over 2,000 staff members across 93 sites.
Please select "Apply" below to complete your application.
Applications Close
08/03/2026