AOD Support Workers - Multiple Casual Opportunities

Windana Drug & Alcohol Recovery Inc.; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 39,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

40 hours study leave

12 weeks parental leave

Salary packaging

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Windana Drug & Alcohol Recovery Inc. in Geelong invites casual AOD Support Workers to join the Barwon Therapeutic Community. The role focuses on creating a safe, supportive environment for residents undergoing AOD rehabilitation.

Key duties include assisting with treatment planning, facilitating group interventions, and aiding with admissions and discharges while maintaining precise case notes and documentation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in the AOD or mental health sector.
• Ability to write clear case notes/handover notes and maintain documentation.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with diverse residents.

Responsibilities

• Support residents to initiate treatment planning and interventions.
• Assist with orientation and ongoing support for new residents.
• Provide practical and emotional support during admissions and discharges.
• Facilitate group interventions and assist with daily house activities.
• Support residents attending off-site appointments and communicate with nursing staff.

Skills

AOD/mental health experience

Case management

Interpersonal communication

Team participation

Education

Certificate IV in AOD

Job description

Posted: 21/08/2026

Closing Date: 18/09/2026

Job Type: Casual

Location: Geelong

Job Category: Alcohol and Other Drugs

• Multiple Casual opportunities for experienced Mental Health/AOD Support Workers at a 24/7 AOD Rehabilitation Facility.
• Great hourly rates and allowances with generous Salary Packaging provisions to enhance your take-home income.
• State-of-the-art alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation facility located in Corio, 10 minutes from Geelong.
• Variety of shifts available across a 24-hour roster and can involve day, evening, weekend, sleepover and overnight stand-up work.

Windana provides connected services for more people in need.

We provide services across Victoria for adults and young people experiencing alcohol and other drug harms, family violence, mental health challenges and social disadvantage.

Our Model of Care puts clients at the centre of what we do to create positive change in people's lives. We work with families, communities and other organisations to deliver trauma informed, equitable, culturally safe and integrated services based on evidence and practice wisdom.

By intervening early and creating purposeful partnerships, we help clients achieve improved outcomes while reducing demand on acute services. And we are influencing policy, practice and research to help shape better systems for clients. Together, we influence the broader system for a more positive and connected future.

Is this your next career opportunity?

We are looking for Casual AOD Support Workers to join our team at our Barwon Therapeutic Community. The AOD Support Worker ensures the Rehabilitation Facility is a safe and supportive environment for residents to participate in AOD rehabilitation treatment.

As an AOD Support Worker, you will:

• Support senior team members to initiate effective treatment and intervention planning, addressing identified client needs.
• Participate in the orientation and ongoing support of new residents.
• Provide practical and emotional support to residents during admissions and discharges, in conjunction with a Senior AOD Clinician or AOD Clinician.
• Facilitate group interventions focused on a range of treatment modalities and other therapeutic interventions when required.
• Supervise and participate in daily house and domestic activities when required.
• Provide support to residents attending off-site appointments and visits, including driving to and from appointments and communicating any concerns or recommendations raised by allied health professional to the nurses / handover.
• Maintain client documentation and case notes accurately and in a timely manner.

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years’ 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.
• 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
• Certificate IV in AOD or AOD Skill Set.
• Ideally you will have qualifications in a health-related discipline (e.g., social work, youth work, mental health, psychology or similar).

Join our team to contribute to our life-changing work.

Our people are integral to the work we do, and we pride ourselves on providing our team opportunities to contribute, grow and thrive:

Grow

with professional and personal development, including:

• 40 hours of study leave each year
• Support for qualifications, external training and up to $200 towards professional registrations
• Career pathways through secondments and our Leadership Network
• Regular supervision, goal-setting, and individual development plans

Thrive

with benefits that support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including:

• 12 weeks paid parental leave from day one
• 15 days personal leave, compassionate, and gender affirmation leave
• 10 days cultural leave for First Nations employees (including 2 paid days)
• Flexible working arrangements tailored to you
• Generous salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• Retail perks and fitness discounts
• Access to our wellbeing program, including discounted osteopathy treatments.
• WWCC costs covered
• Public holiday swap

Windana is committed to child safety and a valid Working with Children Check and Police Check are required for this position.

Windana values and celebrates diversity and inclusion and is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and life experience to apply. Our aim is to build a team that closely reflects the diversity of the people and communities we work with.