About Lives Lived Well

Mental health concerns and alcohol and drug dependency can make life really tough – and too often people find themselves grappling with economic challenges and social isolation as well. Our driving belief is that “with the right support people can change”.  We are a progressive, for purpose organisation, delivering leading edge clinical services aimed at supporting people to live their lives well. We are growing fast in Queensland and New South Wales – in size, geographic footprint, service diversity and clinical innovation. 

About the service

The Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Transition Support Service provides a client centred, stepped care model offering individual and group counselling, pre- and post-rehabilitation support, relapse prevention, case management, group programs, care planning and care coordination for clients with AOD dependence, mental health dual diagnosis and complex needs and their families and carers.

About the role

Working with the Cairns Withdrawal Support Service and Shanty Creek Therapeutic Community, the Transition Wellbeing Worker/Case Manager will deliver individual and group-based counselling and support services to proactively assist and support clients with entry and exit into suitable residential treatment. 

The Transition Wellbeing Worker /Case Manager will deliver their role as outreach support and will work closely with various residential treatment facilities to enable and support the client in and out of these treatment settings in a way that maximises person-centred care in an integrated, supportive and professional manner. Duties include:

• Provide high quality engagement, assessment, counselling and support services to clients, using evidenced based practice principles
• Manage a caseload of clients, through providing support, service coordination, referral and advocacy to assist client in achieving their goals
• Effectively assess and manage client risk
• Effectively support clients in developing and implementing holistic client service plans that are considerate of a range of client needs including: personal medical/treatment, spiritual, values/beliefs, vocational, social/relational, recreation/leisure, physical, financial, housing/environment
• Develop, facilitate and evaluate therapeutic group programs aimed at achieving client readiness for AOD residential treatment
• Actively support client readiness to support successful attendance and completion of residential treatment
• Develop, facilitate and evaluate therapeutic group programs at aimed at building client capacity and confidence in exit from residential treatment

This is a full time ongoing role, working 38 hours per week. 

About you

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:

• Demonstrated experience in working with clients who have AOD issues/concerns
• Applied knowledge in contemporary evidence based AOD counselling practice, case management and intake and assessment 
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating groups
• Demonstrated experience in working autonomously – in particular, managing competing work demands and your own work schedule
• Experience in a role where you have successfully communicated across various work teams
• Highly developed communication and community engagement skills

The base salary range for this role is $88,761.92 to $92,773.20 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.

Ready to join us?

Here is what we have on offer:

• Wellness leave – up to 5 extra paid days off each year.
• Salary packaging – full salary packaging can increase your take home pay by approx. $6k per annum subject to the number of hours worked.
• A focus on wellbeing – self-care, support and a holistic view of health and wellness.
• Learning opportunities – a comprehensive induction program and ongoing capability development.
• We will listen to you. Our people have important insights.

Apply now!

Click ‘apply’ and go to our LLW Careers page and submit your application. Please note we only accept applications through our Careers page.

Application close: 3 October 2022 

For questions or information about the role, email [email protected] 

Lives Lived Well is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural and gender backgrounds that reflect our community including First Peoples.

Confirmation of employment will be subject to candidate’s possession of a Current Australian Drivers License, Working with Children Check and completed Australian Criminal History Check and provision of COVID-19 vaccination certificate, in line with the LLW vaccination Policy.