The VAADA 2025 Victorian AOD Workforce Survey Report was officially launched yesterday at Bendigo Kangan Institute’s (BKI) Health and Community Centre of Excellence. Thank you to everyone who joined us, to BKI for hosting, and to Emma King OAM, CEO HumanAbility, for launching the report and emphasising the importance of strong partnerships and a connected ecosystem in supporting the AOD workforce.
The 2025 report shines a light on:
- Who makes up the current Victorian AOD workforce and how this has shifted since 2023
- What workers are telling us about their roles, workload, supervision and support
- Emerging trends in workforce wellbeing, including some areas of concern
- How training needs and preferences are changing across the sector
- Opportunities to strengthen the Victorian AOD Workforce
The report also sets out 7 recommendations to better support a workforce already doing incredibly complex and important work, and to help create conditions where people want to enter and stay in the sector.
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey. Your contributions have provided meaningful data to inform our development and advocacy work.