• 2x Part-Time, 0.8 FTE, Fixed-Term roles
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
The AOD Peer Cadet is an entry level role in the AOD Service System for people with lived and/or experience of drug and/or alcohol use. The AOD Peer Cadet will spend time observing other AOD staff, receiving regular supervision, and will progress to provide initial support for people who use drugs (PWUD) linking them to services.

This position will be based at various sites, with rotation 3-month rotations during employment.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Be the first line of engagement for people who use drugs in centre-based settings
• Learn entry-level administrative tasks, such as completing timesheets, documenting client engagement, record keeping for data collection
• Enhance knowledge and skills through learning on the job and participation in professional development activities

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Relevant lived/living experience and the capacity to share lived/living experience in a safe strengths-focused way
• An understanding of the key issues affecting people with multiple and complex needs including alcohol and other drugs, mental illness,housing insecurity
• Willing to learn and apply new concepts, like trauma informed care principles, into your work
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6857639.

Applications close 14 February 2026 at 10pm.

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter, please note we will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Grant Liptrot on Grant.Liptrot@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.