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annual leave + Additional Employer KiwiSaver + 2 Wellbeing Days
a new service based on an internationally renowned peer crisis care model Draw on your lived experience to inspire, support, and mentor others in a senior peer support specialist role within a new acute mental health service based on a WHO-recognised peer support model.
Kia ora, Tālofa lava, Mālō e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Fakalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Sastrikal, Namaste, Salam and warm Pacific greetings to you.
“Ehara i te mea ko te haerenga, ko te taenga atu rānei te kaupapa. Ko te whanaungatanga kē! It's not the journey or the destination its the company you keep”.
Pathways | Mō mātou As a leading mental health and addiction service in Aotearoa, we believe in the power of lived experience and the impact of the peer workforce. We have well established and effective peer workforce infrastructure which supports you in your mahi. Our collective mahi is to empower individuals to live full lives in their communities. We foster strong whānau connections.
The Service We are building an exciting, new peer-led community-based acute alternative to hospital within the Central Auckland Te Toka Tumai region. This is an opportunity for you to step into an exciting Senior Peer Specialist role. The service will be staffed by lived and living experience kaimahi who are trained to deliver inspiring peer services alongside other clinical kaimahi. You will role model and support our kaimahi to use recovery tools, models, and practices to inspire resilience, hope, and wellbeing. The service will be delivered in partnership with other mental health and addiction providers and will be informed by a rights and values-based approach to care. You’ll be reporting to a Team Coach and working with the support of your wider team.
The Role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi We need an inspiring Senior Peer Support Specialist to provide leadership, coaching, and support within our peer team. Drawing on your knowledge of the core peer competencies and peer values, you will oversee the running of shifts, role model core peer values, and support Peer Support Specialists to grow and reach their full potential. You will foster a culture of recovery, wellbeing, continuous improvement and innovation, while ensuring high-quality peer support practice. Through authentic leadership, coaching, and mentoring, you will empower kaimahi to achieve their personal best and provide meaningful support to the people we serve.
We have 3 permanent full-time positions available based in Central Auckland; Sunday – Thursday, 7:00-3:30pm Tuesday- Saturday, 3:00pm- 11:30pm Friday- Monday, rotating am/pm role
You | Mōu: We are seeking experienced peers who can lead, inspire and support others while ensuring practice reflects peer values and principles.As well as having great leadership and people skills, you will have a demonstrated ability to work well with other services such as Te Whatu Ora, PHOs and the wider community sector. You will thrive on the challenge of helping to establish and grow a new team in an innovative new service.
Skills and Experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako
competencies and have completed recognised Peer Support training
Wellbeing or equivalency or intention to commence training within three months
experience and journey to wellbeing
Applications Close: Monday, 5th October 2026. Please note, that this role may closer early if a suitable candidate is found.
Position Description: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/PW-Senior-Peer-Support-Specialist.pdf
Contact: Melanie Govender, Service and Relationship Manager on melanie.govender@pathways.co.nz for any further information.
For further information, visit our website www.pathways.co.nz
Pathways is committed to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke free environment. We encourage people with lived and living experience of mental illness and addictions to apply.
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