Carers WA values its dedicated and skilled employees and aims to create a flexible, supportive and family and carer friendly workplace. Carers WA actively supports diversity and inclusion, and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+SB people, neurodiverse people, carers and people with disability to apply.
We want to provide a space for everyone to have the best experience through the recruitment process, please tell us how we can best support you.
About Carers WA:
Carers WA is the peak body representing the needs and interests of carers in Western Australia and is part of a national network of Carers Associations providing a range of support services, supporting Carers across Western Australia. Carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have disability, mental health challenges, a chronic condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or other drug issue or who are frail aged.
Carers WA will support and provide you with:
Carers WA is committed to a workplace free of physical and psychological harm; however, this role may involve exposure to complex and traumatic narratives. Appropriate supports and strategies are in place to mitigate associated impacts.
About the Role:
The Team Leader - Carer Coaching & Peer Support (IPPS) is a full-time, fixed-term contract ending 30 June 2027. The position attracts a salary package of $93,300 p.a., plus super and salary packaging, 5 weeks annual leave (including 17.5% leave loading) and two wellness days per annum.
The role leads and supports a dedicated team delivering Carer Coaching and In-Person Peer Support services under the Carer Gateway, ensuring high-quality, carer-led service delivery that empower carers to build resilience, achieve goals, and improve their wellbeing.
Working closely with the Program Manager, the Team Leader plays a key role in supporting high-quality and carer-led service delivery, innovation and workforce capability, whilst maintaining a case load focusing on complex cases, practice leadership, and escalation support.
Essential Selection Criteria:
for this role is available upon request from people.culture@carerswa.asn.au.
Applications close EOD 3rd August 2026. Carers WA reserve the right to begin the recruitment process and withdraw the position prior to the close date/time.
Please note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview. Applications must include a covering letter addressing the selection criteria, Curriculum Vitae and contact details of two professional referees. Applications can be submitted online via this recruitment platform.
Carers WA is a Level 3 Carer Friendly Accredited organisation.
The organisation is committed to providing a zero harm workplace, in regard physical and psychosocial hazards.
To learn more about working with Carers WA, we encourage you to visit our website www.carereswa.asn.au.
Established in 1907, C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.
Our philosophy, where children come first, emphasises the fact that for C&K the interests of children are paramount. Any profits generated from our services are returned to benefit children and the community.
We are committed to providing quality education and care for your child’s pre-schooling years (from birth to school age) in an environment − both inside and outside − that enables children to explore, satisfy their natural curiosity and grow as individuals. Independent research indicates that children who have enjoyed a C&K early learning experience are the most successful in their first years of schooling.
Over the last century hundreds of thousands of Queensland children and parents have become part of the C&K family. As a community based association we recognise the valuable role families and the wider community play in children’s education and care.
