Wise Group

Team Coach

Wise Group  •  Wellington, NZ (Onsite)  •  4 days ago
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Job Description

  • Permanent, full-time role + Monday – Friday + Tawa
  • 5 Weeks Annual Leave + 4 Paid Wellbeing Days + more great benefits
  • Combine your leadership and clinical expertise to provide excellent care to older adults and whānau.

Inspire and lead a skilled team supporting six adults aged 55+ living with existing mental health challenges on their wellbeing journey.

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.

The Benefits | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

  • Increased Employer KiwiSaver contributions
  • Fifth week of Annual Leave after 12 months of employment
  • 2 Paid Wellbeing Days per year + 2 Paid On-Call Wellbeing Days per year
  • HealthNow Payment Card - $250 per year to support Health & Wellbeing for you and your whanau
  • Perk & Perk Plus discount app
  • School holiday programme assistance
  • Support and funding for your professional registration and meeting competency requirements

The role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

We're looking for an inspirational and motivated leader to take on the exciting opportunity as a full-time Clinical Team Coach in Wellington. This role involves overseeing a six-bed Residential Recovery Service for adults aged 55+ with existing mental health challenges.

You’ll lead a capable team of Support Workers, while collaborating with health and community providers to ensure seamless, connected support for six adults aged 55+ and their whānau.

As the Team Coach, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of our service. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Lead staff through regular individual coaching, recruitment, professional development, and performance management.
  • Build meaningful partnerships within the service and across primary, secondary, and community care
  • Act as an exemplary Tangata Tiriti partner, promoting equity and cultural responsiveness
  • Foster a positive team culture where people feel valued, supported, and engaged
  • Promote connection, inclusion, and independence for six adults aged 55+ living with mental health challenges and their whānau
  • Report to the Service and Relationship Manager, receiving coaching and support to achieve great outcomes

This is a permanent, full-time position. You will be working Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5pm. Based in Wellington. You will also contribute to an on-call roster.

About You | Mōu

We’re seeking a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with proven leadership and mental health experience, who balances clinical expertise with genuine connection and enjoys supporting their team to grow and deliver high-quality care.

Skills and Experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako

  • Current registration as a Registered Health Professional (preferably Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker) with current APC
  • Proven leadership experience managing teams, ideally within an NGO or community-based setting.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach, supervise, and mentor support staff
  • Clinical experience working in mental health and addiction
  • A current full New Zealand driver’s license 
  • A current New Zealand first aid certificate, or be prepared to obtain one
  • A demonstrated ability and cultural competence in working with Māori, and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 

| Ngā kōrero mō tēnei tūranga: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PW-Team-Coach.pdf

Closing Date | Rā Katinga 2 September 2026. Please note that the advert might close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

Whakapā | Contact: Andrea Berrett, Service and Relationship Manager on 0276029375 if you have any further 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.

Wise Group

About Wise Group

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.

Industry
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Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Hamilton, NZ
Year Founded
1989
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