Aod Counsellor Case Manager

Bring empathy and care to a fulfilling role that makes a real difference.
- Join an innovative and specialised not for profit organisation in AOD services
- Wellbeing days to support you, while you support others.

**At Lives Lived Well **, we’ve been treating and supporting people whose lives are affected by alcohol and other drugs for over 50 years. We also support people with mental health and gambling concerns and those transitioning from correctional centres. We’re growing fast and building a reputation as a trusted, innovative provider, focused on clinical excellenceand we’d love you to be part of it.

If you have compassion, the ability to work without judgment and share our belief in recovery, then join us and open up your career in human services.

Our program at Caboolture allows clients to Kick-start the recovery process with our alcohol and other drugs withdrawal support program. Post withdrawal we can provide ongoing support through the day rehab program or Life Back group support.

Are you ready to join us and help make a difference where it matters most?

**Your opportunity**

We are looking for an AOD Counsellor Case Manager who is passionate about delivering and facilitating group programs on a daily basis.

Working with your team, you will be delivering an intensive AOD day rehabilitation group 5-week program with an emphasis on group facilitation. As well you will work with clients to provide individual counselling/case management with an independent caseload. This will include:

- Provide high quality engagement, assessment, counselling, case management and support services to clients, and their families.
- Facilitate intensive group therapy day rehabilitation programs with other co-facilitators
- Manage a case load of clients, through providing support, service coordination, referral and advocacy to assist in achieving their goals.
- Provide pre
- and post-rehabilitation support and relapse prevention planning

**What you’ll bring**

You are an engaging individual with the ability to connect with clients who are navigating difficult life experiences. You can work both autonomously and collaboratively within a team and utilise the appropriate techniques to support your clients. You will also demonstrate the following:
**To success in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need**:

- Tertiary qualifications in social work, counselling or mental health (or related discipline)
- Demonstrated extensive experience in facilitating groups/sessions in relation to AOD.
- Experience and knowledge in contemporary AOD counselling, case management and intake and assessment
- Experience in mindfulness and relapse prevention.
- Sound interpersonal skills, including a high standard of written and oral communication skills
- Ability to prioritise clinical and administrative duties, including the effective and efficient planning and organisation of a complex caseload

This is a part time ongoing opportunity, working 30.4 hours per week. The salary is $39.26 per hour to $44.92 per hour, depending on skills, experience and knowledge of the successful applicant.

What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means:

- You are humble, human and full of hope.
- You show up and share.
- You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
- You leave a positive wake.

**Why? **We believe that through these values, we do our best work - for each other, for clients, and for the communities we work in. And it’s a promise we make to you about the kind of experience you will have working for us.

**Why work for Lives Lived Well?**

It’s about people, purpose, impact and growth.

We think you’ll love working with our talented people across services that are as diverse as the communities we work in. We’ve grown significantly, with no plans of slowing down.giving you a real opportunity to go further

**At Lives Lived Well, you can**:

- Grow as a person and as a professional, extending your knowledge and skills beyond the norm.
- Be trusted with autonomy in a supportive, respectful environment.
- Make a lasting difference - on clients, the community and a team that cares as much as you.

**But it’s more than that.**

You’ll join a curious team that thinks differently and seeks new ways. We look to the evidence. We explore new ideas. And when we reach “better”, we ask, “What’s next?” Which means you’ll need to be comfortable with change - you’ll enjoy variety, the agility, and the opportunity to achieve more, faster.

And while you support others, we’ll support you, with some great benefits including:

- An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
- Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- Regular clinical supervision, case conferencing and debriefings.
- An employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, including emotional, psychological, financial counselling and wellbeing services.

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