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 Connected 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 participants 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.
Responsibilities
Develop mutually respectful relationships that create opportunities for connection, shared learning, growth and new possibilities
Use lived experience intentionally and purposefully to foster trust, reciprocity, learning and meaningful connection
Support participants to explore identity, wellbeing, purpose and meaning
Facilitate connections to community, culture, family, relationships, valued roles and natural supports that strengthen belonging, wellbeing and healing




Adapt peer support approaches in partnership with participants to reflect their strengths, preferences, goals, relationships and aspirations
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
A supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment
Opportunities for career 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
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.
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 Northwest Tasmania.
All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment.
Wellways is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people.
Salary and Benefits
SCHADS 3B ($*****-$*****p/h) + Superannuation, depending on qualifications and experience.
Applications Close
02/11/2026
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