Join our skilled and experienced Health and Wellbeing team in Wairarapa. Make a difference with person-centred, evidence-based care.
As a leading mental health and addiction service in Aotearoa, we empower individuals to live full lives in their communities. Prioritising mental health while aiming for overall well-being, we foster strong whānau connections. Our commitment to personalised support is reflected in our 'whatever it takes' wairua and spirit.
Join our Health and Wellbeing team as an Alcohol and Drug Practitioner in Wairarapa, where we offer specialised assessment and treatment for individuals.
We're an Adult Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) service supporting people with moderate to severe substance use. We're looking for someone passionate and adaptable who's comfortable working in challenging spaces, and who keeps tāngata whai ora and their whānau at the heart of everything they do.
As an AOD Practitioner, you will provide assessment and a range of therapeutic interventions for tāngata whai ora or taiohi with alcohol or other drug challenges. This position is a member of a wider healthcare team within Pathways or Real services.
Do you have experience in mental health and addictions, share our values, and enjoy being part of a supportive, dynamic team? This could be the role for you.
Key responsibilities of the role may include:
Hours include: Monday – Friday 8.30am to 5pm
You will:
Our preference would be for someone based in the Wairarapa or open to relocating here. If you are ready for a change and a new challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date | Rā Katinga: 4 December 2026. Please note, this advert may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found before the closing date.
Position Description: Please copy and paste link into your browser: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PW-AOD-Practitioner.pdf
Contact | Korero: Rachael Kenny, Team on rachael.kenny@pathways.co.nz for any queries.
At the Wise Group we believe in creating new opportunities for the wellbeing of people, vulnerable populations, organisations, and communities.
We operate in New Zealand's mental health and addictions sector, are one of the largest non government providers in the sector
From humble beginnings over 35 years ago, today we employ over 1,500 staff throughout the country, working in areas from frontline service to software development. We have a parent and subsidiary structure encompassing a family of charitable entities, all linked by a common dream. Our structure nurtures synergy and innovation, and means we’re transparent and accountable.
Our whānau includes:
• Wise Management Services
• Pathways
• Real
• Te Pou
• Le Va
• Workwise
• Wild Bamboo
• LinkPeople
• The People's Project
• Housing First Auckland
Here's what drives us:
Each year our Group works with thousands of New Zealanders and their families. We provide people with a broad range of community-based mental health and wellness services. In doing so we dramatically reduce their need for high-cost hospital and acute services and help people have happier, more fulfilling and more productive lives.
Each year the Group's housing services help people find and live in affordable homes, also helping them appreciate the rights and responsibilities of being tenants and managing homes.
Each year the Group's employment agency helps people who experience a serious mental health condition get off benefits, become financially independent and reclaim their self-esteem by finding and retaining paid jobs.
Each year people throughout the country attend professional development programmes through the Group's NZQA certified training organisation.
Each year thousands of mental health professionals in the public and private sector are supported and developed via the Group's national workforce development organisation.
Together we make a real difference by creating connections to support people to find and live their dreams.
