At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor a team of Peer Workers to deliver high-quality mental health care.
- Company: Wellways, a diverse and inclusive organisation dedicated to mental health support.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, salary packaging, paid parental leave, and cultural leave.
- Other info: Join a supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while fostering an inclusive team culture.
- Qualifications: Experience in peer work, leadership skills, and personal lived experience of mental health challenges.
The predicted salary is between 97000 - 104000 $ per year.
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 Tasmania and shape high-quality, person‑centred mental health care through Connected Care.
Connected Care is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Peer Worker to guide and lead our Peer workforce across Connected Care. This role can be based in our Launceston, Burnie or Hobart offices. This is an opportunity to bring together your peer practice expertise and leadership capability. You will support our team of Peer workers to ensure participants receive high‑quality, person‑centred, recovery‑oriented care in accordance with organisational, contractual and legislative requirements.
About you:
- You will mentor and support our peer workforce across Connected Care, strengthening peer practice and capability, fostering an inclusive team culture, and ensuring recovery‑oriented and lived experience‑informed approaches across service delivery.
- Working alongside participants, you will draw upon lived experience of mental distress, service use, personal growth and learning to build authentic, mutual connection, support self‑determination and recovery.
- You will also bring a lived experience perspective to service development and continuous improvement helping ensure services remain responsive to participant’s needs, strengths and aspirations.
In this role, you will:
- Provide day‑to‑day delivery of services to ensure safe, high‑quality and participant‑centred outcomes.
- Coordinate team workflows, participant allocation, rostering and workforce coverage.
- Provide day‑to‑day practical guidance and support to the peer work team, consistent with peer work values and Intentional Peer Support (IPS) principles.
- Support the implementation of organisational initiatives and local service improvements.
- Promote safe work practices and contribute to continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Certificate IV in Mental Health, Mental Health Peer Work, or Community Services, 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.
- Experience leading frontline teams and coordinating daily operations, including responding to changing service priorities.
- 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:
- 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.
Applications Close 30/10/2026.
For further information regarding this role please contact Kylie Delaney, Senior Manager via email. Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment.
Senior Peer Worker in Launceston employer: Wellways Australia Limited
Wellways is an exceptional employer dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, particularly for those in the mental health and community services sector. With a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, professional growth opportunities, and a culture that values lived experience, Wellways empowers its staff to make a meaningful impact across diverse communities in Northern Victoria. The organisation offers attractive benefits such as salary packaging, annual leave loading, and access to ongoing leadership development, making it a rewarding place to build a career.
Contact Details:
Wellways Australia Limited Recruitment Team
