Aod Support Worker

4 months ago

Ballarat, Australia Windana Drug & Alcohol Recovery Full time

**Suitably rewarded with an attractive Salary Packaging options**:

- ** Making a positive difference to the lives of the clients we care for**

**Welcome to Windana Drug and Alcohol Recovery, where our mission is to help people rebuild their lives.**

For almost 40 years now, Windana has been a leading Victorian-based Drug & Alcohol Treatment organization. Our moto is "Life. Changing." and for nearly 40 years now, we are doing just that; fullstop

Our teams have been assisting people rebuild their lives in a safe, caring environment, wherever they are in their recovery journey, and we now have great opportunities to grow our teams, to grow our reach and to positively impact more lives. For this to occur, we need your support

**A bit about the role**

The Support Worker ensures the Therapeutic Community (TC) is a safe and supportive environment for residents to participate in AOD rehabilitation treatment. The role provides support and care for residents, performs administration duties, and ensures ‘community as method' is evident through role modelling and enacting a rational authority role

**You may be the one we are looking for if you have**:

- Experience working within the AOD or mental health sector and ability to navigate and understand AOD services
- Case management skills and ability to write clear and professional case notes/handover notes and other essential documentation
- Have an understanding on conducting assessments
- Ability to work, participate and contribute within a multidisciplinary team
- High level interpersonal and communication skills, including active listening skills and clear speaking skills, with an ability to tailor communicate style to suit the diversity of residents
- Diploma in a health-related discipline (e.g., social work, youth work, mental health, psychology or similar).
- Certificate IV (Four AOD Competencies for applicants with health-related degrees) or Diploma in AOD and Mental Health or the capacity to complete studies whilst in employment.

For a full list of the position responsibilities, please download the position description.

**The program**

The Therapeutic Community (TC) residents rehabilitate from AOD by exploring their own life experiences and learning from the experience and insights of others. In education, therapy, and work groups which form the basis of the daily routine everyone has an opportunity to explore new ways of experiencing life. The TC is all about change and growth in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. Located in Ballarat, the TC is a 20-Bed, 3-month program with residents aged 18+.

**What's on offer**
- Competitive salary, plus salary packaging to increase your take home income
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Join a fun, passionate, supportive, and inclusive team of people - who will support you at every turn
- Access to our Employee Assistant Program
- Ability to transfer your long service from another NFP organisation as part of the portable long service leave scheme

**Why Windana do you ask?**

We help our people grow as professionals but also as ‘people'. We believe one's learning journey is ongoing and with a mindset on ‘optimisation' and ‘continuous improvement' we wish to reach our full potential at both an individual level but also as a team. We are constantly looking at improving our ways and we want like-minded people to help us do just that

As a values-based organization, we would love if you are also aligned with our values:

- We are one connected community;
- We are driven by hope;
- We build collaboration through open and honest relationships;
- We pursue learning and growth;
- We are curious and courageous to drive change;
- We are committed to caring without judgement;

Above all, we promote a culture where everyone feels safe, supported, and respected - and we have a great time doing it

When can you start you ask? We are ready when you are...

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