Pre and Post Worker | Intake, Assessment & Recovery Support

Cairns & Shanty Creek Transition Program | Cairns & Mareeba Region, QLD

Full-Time | Fixed-Term 12-Month Maternity Leave Contract

Monday to Friday | 8:00am - 4:06pm

Counselling | Case Management | Recovery Support | AOD Recovery Services

Connection. Community. Recovery.

As a Pre and Post Worker with Lives Lived Well, you'll walk alongside people as they navigate important stages of their recovery journey, helping them access treatment, prepare for change and successfully transition back into the community.

Based across our Cairns and Shanty Creek/Mareeba locations, you'll play a key role supporting participants to maintain recovery, strengthen support networks, reconnect with community and build greater independence. This role requires work to be undertaken across both office locations.

If you're passionate about helping people create lasting change and enjoy building meaningful therapeutic relationships, we'd love to hear from you.

Why You'll Love This Role

- Monday to Friday business hours
- No shift work
- 12-month maternity leave contract
- Salary packaging benefits to increase your take-home pay
- Five additional paid wellbeing leave days each year
- Support people during a critical stage of their recovery journey
- Ongoing professional development, supervision and learning opportunities

Why This Role Is Different

Many roles focus on a single stage of a person's recovery journey.

This role supports people at two of the most important stages of recovery - preparing for treatment and successfully transitioning back into the community.

As a Pre and Post Worker, you'll support participants through key stages of their recovery journey, helping them access treatment, prepare for change, strengthen recovery plans and successfully transition back into the community.

You'll work alongside participants as they strengthen connections to family, culture, community, employment,



education and other supports that contribute to long-term wellbeing and recovery.

This is an chance to make a real difference at one of the most important stages of a person's recovery journey.

About the Service

Based across our Cairns and Shanty Creek/Mareeba locations, this service supports people as they prepare for and transition from residential Alcohol and Other Drug treatment.

The program provides a safe, supportive and recovery-focused environment where participants can strengthen wellbeing, build confidence, reconnect with community and develop the skills needed to achieve their goals.

Working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you'll help participants build strong foundations for long-term recovery and positive change.

You'll Thrive Here If You

- Believe recovery is possible.
- Enjoy supporting people to achieve meaningful life goals.
- Build rapport quickly and develop genuine therapeutic relationships.
- Like balancing counselling, case management and care coordination activities.
- Value person-centred, recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice.
- Enjoy working collaboratively with participants, families and community partners.
- Want meaningful work where you can see the impact of your efforts.
- Understand the importance of connection, community and belonging in recovery.

What You'll Be Doing

- Conduct client assessments, intake screening and risk assessments.
- Support participants transitioning from residential treatment into community living.
- Deliver individual recovery-focused interventions and support.
- Provide client transport and support participants to attend appointments, services and other recovery-focused activities, including travel to locations outside of Cairns and Mareeba such as Innisfail, using an organisational vehicle.
- Assist participants to identify and work towards personal goals.
- Facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic group programs.
- Develop recovery, transition and relapse prevention plans.
- Coordinate referrals and access to community supports and services.
- Build and mai

📌 Pre and Post Worker | Intake, Assessment (Mareeba Shire)
🏢 Lives Lived Well
📍 Mareeba Shire