• Part-time fixed term (0.8 FTE) Opportunity + $51.51 per hour + 11.5% super + salary packaging benefits
• Be a changemaker and contribute meaningfully to the lives of our clients and communities through Alcohol and other Drug Services

The Opportunity

Join our Mental Health and Wellbeing Team in the delivery of quality services to contribute to the achievement of our objectives and strategic priorities. Support our clients by providing a more seamless and integrated AOD recovery focused pathway for clients and their families.

Working closely with the catchment-based intake and assessment function, the Care and Recovery Worker will provide support, assist to improve treatment coordination and tailor activities for people who experience complexities that indicate a higher degree of risk and needs.

• Part time, fixed term opportunity
• Mobile phone
• Laptop computer
• Some work from home flexibility

Based at our Wyndham and Hobson Bay locations, this position is a Part Time Fixed Term role of 0.8 FTE (4 days per week) until June 30, 2025 and is classified under Social and Community Service Awards, (SACS) Service Level 5 PayPoint 4 at $51.51 per hour.

You will make a difference by:

• Provide a more seamless and integrated AOD recovery focused pathway for clients and their families.
• Improving treatment outcomes via care and recovery coordination
• Using expertise and skills to competently deliver a range of evidence informed AOD best practice interventions, including harm Minimisation, relapse prevention, motivational interviewing, and stages of change.
• Promoting collaborative shared care planning and treatment that respects personal goals and consistency of practice.

To succeed you will need:

• Current registration or professional membership within relevant discipline (i.e., AHPRA, AMHSW, AASW, PACFA or ACA)
• Qualifications in Social Work, AOD, Community Development, Mental Health and Peer Support or other relevant discipline
• Current Victorian driver’s licence
• Experience in AOD sector including motivational interviewing, stages of change, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), trauma informed care and clinical risk assessment.

We will offer you

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth through our Recognition Program and Wellbeing and Celebrations Committee.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing and meals and entertainment, up to 14 weeks paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Success Profile (also attached below), submit your resume and respond to a few short questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Suzie Thompson - Team Leader AOD Ph: 0478 142 186.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected], using the subject line: Care and Recovery Coordination Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs, with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.