Provide a safe space for youth to develop life skills, resilience and build confidence. If you have experience working in the Youth sector, apply now!
We provide health and wellbeing services for taiohi aged between 12 to 24. We believe in the importance of community, connection and relationships – and in the ability of young people to shape their own futures.
The Whetū Marewa (Rising Star) services aims to build the confidence, resilience & wellbeing of taiohi (young people) with mental health and addiction related issues by enabling access to a range of supported interventions.
We are a mix of clinicians and youth workers who work with taiohi aged 12 to 24 years, offering a flexible and youth-centered approach to wellbeing.
This role is a fixed-term, full-time role, working Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm. The fixed-term contract will conclude on 1 March 2028.
It is understood that under certain circumstances (as per the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987) the employee on parental / extended leave may return to work at an earlier date. If the employee ends, their leave by returning to work early you will be given two weeks’ notice.
The role of the youth worker involves supporting taiohi with mild and moderate mental health and addiction concerns and social stressors.
We run a youth-focused early intervention program in the Hauraki region operating within schools and the community, utilising both individual and group-based approaches.
We are looking for an experienced Youth Worker who has:
Closing Date | Rā katinga: 25 November 2026. Please note, this job advert may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.
Position Description: Please copy and paste this link to your browser: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Pathways-Youth-Worker-Sep-2024.pdf
Contact | Whakapā: Andy McInnes, Team Coach via email at andy.mcinnes@real.org.nz or call 027 590 8125
Real is supported by Pathways Health Limited, part of the Wise Group. Find out more about Real at www.real.org.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.
