Join us

Join Pathways and become part of a passionate team supporting tāngata whai ora and taiohi to live full lives. Our Pathways’ whānau have purpose in their jobs and on a daily basis help others to live well, to remain hopeful and connected to what matters to them.

We’re a leading national provider of community-based mental health, alcohol and other drug, and youth services. Pathways is committed to being a great Te Tiriti o Waitangi organisation, valuing diversity, equity and inclusion. We’re all about people achieving equitable access and outcomes through our Pathways and Real services. Our commitment extends to providing meaningful jobs that empower individuals and strengthen our communities.

Why work with us

Pathways lives and breathes our purpose, where work-life balance is encouraged, people are valued and new solutions are the norm. Our spirit of Ahakoa te aha powers us every day. Our kaimahi receive generous leave entitlements, benefits and opportunities and are surrounded by amazing people every day.

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We’re here to do everything we can to support tāngata whai ora to live full lives; hopeful and connected to what matters to them. We also work to strengthen whānau. We’re about hope and respect and providing personalised support that changes as people’s needs change.

We’re committed to working in a trauma informed way, recognising the impact trauma may have had on tāngata whai ora and working with them to help build resilience and protective factors. Our Real services are focused on increasing the wellbeing of our taiohi and their whānau.

As a Tiriti o Waitangi based organisation, we’re constantly challenging ourselves to realise the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our everyday practice. From the moment you walk through the door it’s our hope that Māori can see and experience themselves in who we are, how we work and what we do.

Staying connected is important and prioritised. Our regular Mā te Kōrero is our way to virtually connect Pathways and Real kaimahi across Aotearoa. During our Mā te Kōrero we celebrate all things Te Ao Māori as well as the amazing people we work with.

Our kaimahi make the difference and it’s important to us to look after the wellbeing of all our kaimahi. This includes supporting both the living wage and pay equity movements as well as nurturing an ‘earn and learn’ environment. We celebrate the contributions of our kaimahi in multiple ways, including with our annual Trish Glen Award.

We value input from our kaimahi and carry out a staff survey every year. Staff benefits are developed based on what’s important to our kaimahi, designed to support the health and wellbeing of kaimahi and their whānau.

We recognise the importance of lived experience across our kaimahi and how this supports our tāngata whai ora and taiohi. We know how the power of peer support changes lives; how it builds recovery skills, hope and wellbeing. It’s why we’ve been growing the number of peers in our organisation through our successful peer training programme Kia Mataara.

Many of our Kia Mataara graduates have joined recognised peer support and leadership roles.

Career pathways

Investing in our kaimahi is important to us, we support our people to be their very best, operating in small family-like teams. Regular coaching and development conversations reflect the personal goals of our kaimahi and focus on how we can get the best out of each other.

It’s important to us that we have a culture of coaching and engagement and opportunities to grow. We regularly hold a range of training workshops and deliver our own peer development training programme, Kia Mataara. We provide ongoing support to our kaimahi to achieve the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing.

We’ve also just launched a Lived Experience and Peer Scholarship. This scholarship will allow a kaimahi with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction to further develop their career with professional training in this area.