Have you walked your own mental health and wellbeing journey? Your lived experience is valued here, giving you unique insight, empathy and understanding that can make a real difference as you support others on their journey to wellness.
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.
Join our respite service team in a rewarding night shift role, helping support people experiencing mental distress through short‑term, recovery‑focused respite. You’ll work closely with mental health services and clinical teams to create a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment where guests feel heard and cared for.
The role includes providing medication support, offering compassionate care, engaging guests in activities, and assisting with daily household tasks such as cooking and cleaning.
This is a permanent, part-time role working 24 hours per week, Thursday to Saturday, 11:00pm to 7:30am based in Palmerston North. This role is ideal to those who enjoy overnight work and a more settled pace, while staying responsive to guest needs within a supportive environment.
Applications Close | Rā Katinga: 7 October 2026. This advert may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.
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Contact | Korero: email recruitment@wisegroup.co.nz for any questions.
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.
