Peer Woker - Launceston

Wellways Australia Limited; Launceston; Vor Ort; AUD 80.000 - 86.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Multidisciplinary environment

Professional development

Paid cultural leave

Salary packaging

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Zusammenfassung

Wellways Australia Limited is seeking a Peer Worker for Connected Care, delivering outreach support across Tasmania. You will draw on lived experience to build authentic connections and support participants in their recovery, working within a multidisciplinary clinical team.

You will need formal certification in mental health peer work or related field and a demonstrated commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-centered practice.

Qualifikationen

• Certificate IV in Mental Health, Mental Health Peer Work, or Community Services (completed or enrolled)
• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges or engagement with mental health services
• Understanding of peer work values and principles
• Recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice
• Right to work in Australia
• Current Driver Licence and willingness to travel
• Satisfactory National Police Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate – Quality, Safety and You – online

Aufgaben

• Support our peer workforce across Connected Care.
• Strengthen peer practice and capability within the team.
• Foster an inclusive team culture and recovery-oriented approaches.
• Deliver outreach support across Tasmania to participants and families.

Kenntnisse

Lived experience

Recovery-oriented approach

Trauma-informed practice

Interpersonal skills

Travel willingness

Driver licence

Ausbildung

Certificate IV in Mental Health/Mental Health Peer Work/Community Services

Jobbeschreibung

At Wellways, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute. We warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with lived experience of mental health challenges or disability, people from multicultural backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTIQA+. We recognise that diverse experiences and perspectives strengthen our workforce and the communities we support. Join us to support a multidisciplinary clinical team across Northern Tasmania Shape high-quality, person-centred mental health care through Connected Care SCHADS 3B ($40.49-$43.42p/h) + Superannuation, depending on qualifications and experience Peer Worker – Connected Care Connected Care is seeking an experienced and passionate Peer Worker to draw on their lived experience to build authentic connections and support participants in their recovery This is an opportunity to bring together your lived experience, personal growth and specialist peer work knowledge and skills.

About Connected Care

Connected Care is a statewide, integrated mental health service delivered by Wellways in partnership with Stride Mental Health and Clarity Health Care and commissioned by Primary Health Tasmania (PHT). Supporting adults aged 18 years and over, Connected Care provides free mental health care and support through a ‘no wrong door’ approach and stepped-care model. Our centralised statewide after-hours service provides additional access to support outside core service hours.

About you

In this role, you will support our peer workforce across the Connect Care, strengthening peer practice and capability, fostering a inclusive team culture, and ensuring recovery-oriented and lived experience-informed approaches across service delivery. This is a field-based role, delivering outreach support across Tasmania to participant and their families. You will support participants to understand and exercise their rights, strengthen self-advocacy and identity barriers to choice and autonomy and active participation in their own life, care and support.

You will need:

• Certificate IV in Mental Health, Mental Health Peer Work, or Community Services (completed or enrolled), or equivalent lived experience workforce knowledge, skills and practical experience
• Personal lived experience of mental health challenges, distress and/or engagement with mental health service
• Demonstrated understanding of peer work values and principles
• A strong understanding of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice
• Right to work in Australia
• A current Driver Licence and willingness to travel as required
• Satisfactory National Police Record Check
• International Police Check (if applicable)
• Current Working with Vulnerable People/Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module Certificate – Quality, Safety and You – free online course

What we offer

At Wellways, you'll join a purpose-driven organisation committed to improving mental health and wellbeing and creating meaningful change for individuals, families and communities. You'll also have access to:

• A supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• An inclusive workplace where diversity and lived experience are valued
• Paid Cultural Leave
• Salary packaging benefits
• Meal and Entertainment allowance through salary packaging
• Annual leave loading
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family

Join Connected Care and help create accessible, coordinated and recovery-focused mental health support for people across Northern Tasmania.

Culture

We’re passionate about our work, which is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. All of our teams work to ensure everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We know that people are unique and the experts on their life and are not defined by impairments, diagnosis or labels. We aim to specifically promote safety and inclusivity for LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

Applications Close 02/11/2026

About Wellways

Wellways is a leading not-for-profit mental health and disability support organisation operating in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. Our services span mental health, disability and community care and reach more than 7000 people each year. Our 2000 staff work to create an inclusive community where everyone can imagine and achieve their hopes and potential. We connect people, strengthen families and transform communities for individuals of all ages experiencing disabilities or challenges to their social and emotional wellbeing. Our Practice Principles guide how we work and interact with participants and partners, with our colleagues and within our communities. To see our Practice Principles poster visit https://media.wellways.org/inline-files/ww383_Practice_Principles.pdf

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us.