• Lead community education and capacity-building
• Provide support, counselling and service navigation to people bereaved by suicide
• $51.00 - 53.31 phr (SCHADS Level 5B) + 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 this Opportunity

Join a unique and rewarding role that combines intake, service navigation, counselling, community response, and suicide prevention into one impactful position.

As part of the Gippsland Support After Suicide Postvention team, you will provide direct support to individuals bereaved by suicide while leading community education, capacity-building, and development initiatives across the Gippsland region. You will build strong referral pathways across health, social, and community services and work collaboratively with local groups to implement the Gippsland Suicide Response Community Guidelines.

This role sits at the intersection of suicide postvention and prevention, helping to create connected, resilient communities that can provide meaningful support following a suicide and identify those at risk. Reporting to the Program & Practice Co-ordinator, this is an opportunity to make a lasting difference for individuals, families, and communities across Gippsland.

You will need:

• Bachelor of Social Work, Psychology or Counselling or relevant tertiary qualification
• 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 (valid within the last 12 months)
• 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, Program & Practice Coordinator on 0481 067 597

Once you APPLY click her 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

This unique role brings together intake, service navigation, counselling and community response into a single position - providing both direct care to participants who are bereaved by suicide and broader community development and education work across the Gippsland region. In doing so, the role establishes referral pathways across health, social and community services, and works with community groups to implement the Gippsland Suicide Response Community Guidelines through education and capacity-building programs.

Through its community development work, the role also contributes to suicide prevention — recognising that those bereaved by suicide are themselves at elevated risk, and that communities equipped to support bereavement are equally equipped to identify and respond to people at risk. In this way, this role sits at the intersection and will be a community leader in suicide postvention and suicide prevention in Gippsland, contributing to building a community that is connected, resilient and able to provide sustained support following a death from suicide.

The role forms part of the Gippsland Support After Suicide Postvention team, sitting within the broader Psychosocial Services program, and reports to the Program & Practice Co-ordinator.

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

Applications Close

28/06/2026