Bring your OT skills to support tāngata whai ora—lead our
Day Program, deliver home-based care, and strengthen Christchurch services
Deliver recovery-focused occupational therapy across
community mental health services, leading day programmes, providing home-based
support, and partnering with whai ora, taiohi, whānau, and clinical teams to
promote wellbeing.
The Benefits | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou
The Role |
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
Hours
include: Monday to Friday 8.30 am
to 5 pm, based in Christchurch.
Our service is a 24/7 Peer Acute Alternative
Service, providing an alternative to hospital admission. The service is
delivered by a team of 24 staff working across a range of shift patterns.
This role offers a meaningful opportunity for
a Registered Occupational Therapist to work within a mental health NGO setting,
based in Christchurch. You’ll be supporting people experiencing mental distress
and high mental health needs by providing care outside of traditional hospital
environments. The role includes leading and running a Day Program, conducting
home visits, and offering support to other Christchurch-based services.
Responsibilities include:
About You | Mōu
You will be:
Pathways
| Mō mātou
As a leading mental health and addiction service in
Aotearoa, we empower individuals to live full lives in their communities.
Prioritising mental health while aiming for overall well-being, we foster
strong whānau connections. Our commitment to personalised support is reflected
in our 'whatever it takes' wairua and spirit.
Applications
Close | Rā Katinga: 6 September 2026. Please note, this advert may close sooner if a
suitable candidate is found before the closing date.
Position
Description: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PW-Occupational-Therapist.pdf
Contact: Tina Sheveleva, Team Coach at Tina.Sheveleva@pathways.co.nz
for any queries.
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 experience of mental illness
& addictions to apply.
At the Wise Group we believe in creating new opportunities for the wellbeing of people, vulnerable populations, organisations, and communities.
We operate in New Zealand's mental health and addictions sector, are one of the largest non government providers in the sector
From humble beginnings over 35 years ago, today we employ over 1,500 staff throughout the country, working in areas from frontline service to software development. We have a parent and subsidiary structure encompassing a family of charitable entities, all linked by a common dream. Our structure nurtures synergy and innovation, and means we’re transparent and accountable.
Our whānau includes:
• Wise Management Services
• Pathways
• Real
• Te Pou
• Le Va
• Workwise
• Wild Bamboo
• LinkPeople
• The People's Project
• Housing First Auckland
Here's what drives us:
Each year our Group works with thousands of New Zealanders and their families. We provide people with a broad range of community-based mental health and wellness services. In doing so we dramatically reduce their need for high-cost hospital and acute services and help people have happier, more fulfilling and more productive lives.
Each year the Group's housing services help people find and live in affordable homes, also helping them appreciate the rights and responsibilities of being tenants and managing homes.
Each year the Group's employment agency helps people who experience a serious mental health condition get off benefits, become financially independent and reclaim their self-esteem by finding and retaining paid jobs.
Each year people throughout the country attend professional development programmes through the Group's NZQA certified training organisation.
Each year thousands of mental health professionals in the public and private sector are supported and developed via the Group's national workforce development organisation.
Together we make a real difference by creating connections to support people to find and live their dreams.
