Field-Based Peer Worker – Recovery & Community Outreach

wellways; City of Burnie; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid cultural leave

Salary packaging benefits

Meal and entertainment allowance

Annual leave loading

Parental leave after 12 months

Job summary

Wellways is seeking a dedicated Peer Worker for Connected Care to support adults with mental health needs across Northwest Tasmania. The role focuses on building authentic connections using lived experience to assist recovery and engagement in care.

You will work field-based across Tasmania, helping participants understand their rights, advocate for themselves, and participate actively in their own life and care plans.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Mental Health or equivalent lived experience
• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges
• Understanding of peer work values and principles
• Strong recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice
• Right to work in Australia
• Current Driver Licence and willingness to travel
• Satisfactory National Police Record Check
• International Police Check if applicable
• Current Working with Vulnerable People/Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate – Quality, Safety and You (online)

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain mutually respectful relationships to connect participants
• Use lived experience to foster trust and meaningful connections
• Support participants to explore identity, wellbeing and purpose
• Link participants to community, culture and natural supports
• Adapt peer support approaches to reflect participant strengths and goals

Skills

Lived experience

Peer work values

Recovery-oriented practice

Trauma-informed practice

Driver Licence

Education

Certificate IV in Mental Health

NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate

Job description

Wellways is seeking a dedicated Peer Worker for Connected Care to support adults with mental health needs across Northwest Tasmania. The role focuses on building authentic connections using lived experience to assist recovery and engagement in care.

You will work field-based across Tasmania, helping participants understand their rights, advocate for themselves, and participate actively in their own life and care plans.