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    2.6(39 ratings)
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    1.0
    Harm Reduction Practitioner
    Feb 2026
    Melbourne VIC 3000Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Worst. Avoid as much as you can
    The good thingsHard to think one that I've enjoyed at cohealth
    The challengesToxic culture Incompetent management
    2.0
    Peer Worker
    Feb 2026
    Melbourne VIC 3000Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Poor management, too much focus on expanding as an organisation, severe lack of support
    The good thingsSome great training opportunities are available and there really is a lot of diversity within the organisation. Worked with some really passionate people who were dedicated to their role.
    The challengesThere seems to be a really confused and disjointed understanding towards peer work within the organisation. Severe lack of supports, no network, no real plans for peer workers beyond offering cadetships. Was definitely mislead in the interview process that there was plenty on offer but in actuality, there was nothing to be seen. Had to constantly pursue external sources for peer related supports. As a workforce recommendation resulting from the Royal commission, I was surprised that a “leading” community service gave no notice to their peer workers. There is a culture of peer workers burning out quickly and leaving, either to be immediately replaced or their jobs being removed entirely. After flagging my concerns many times over, I was told this was the culture of the organisation and it wasn’t likely to change any time soon so I left. The lack of advocacy and support from management is a real problem and will be for some time.
    2.0
    Client Serices Officer
    Dec 2025
    Fitzroy VIC 30651 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Still friends with my former co-workers because they're awesome, but I'll never work there again
    The good thingsSo many people who care about helping the community, but not all. Some really supportive co-workers. Trivia nights with co-workers every now and then
    The challengesManagement dramas. People being cut down for speaking up for themselves to be replaced with nepo babies. They kept a very unprofessional doctor for a while when he had multiple complaints and was blacklisted by patients. Funding, consistently understaffed. People eventually become unhappy and really high turnover. HR is slower than sloth, expect any inquires to be answered too late. Technical difficulties. Annoyingly recurring and causing counter productivity at work. Constant aggressions (which is expected, sadly) from some clients but lack of support from management.
    1.0
    Healthar
    Aug 2025
    Footscray VIC 30111 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Horrid. I experienced a toxic workplace. Management talk the talk but cannot walk the walk.
    The good thingsThe people you work with.
    The challengesHorrendous place to work. Incompetent Management and they are only concerned with meeting targets. You will be overworked and under valued. They are an autocratic organisation & do not value their employees.
    4 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Peer Support Worker AOD/Mental Health
    Apr 2025
    Melbourne VIC 30002 to 3 years in the role, current employee
    A great learning experience full of challenges and insight into Melbourne's AOD and homelessness crisis.
    The good thingsCohealth City Street Health Team provides outreach to marginalized and vulnerable people, focusing on those who are homeless with AOD issues on the streets in the CBD area. By providing a wrap-around service, we can support those in need. Working was a great learning and challenging experience.
    The challengesSeeing the health system's and government's systemic failure allows service users to fall through the gaps and cracks. Some frameworks and policies are questionable.
    6 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Community Insights
    Dec 2023
    Footscray VIC 3011
    There’s a 2.8 star rating for a reason…
    The good thingsThere are still some (rare) great people at cohealth who do incredible work; particularly outreach work or community engagement. Work life balance is also decent with most people working from home.
    The challengesManagement, particularly senior management and executives, and the lack of responsibility and accountability (as many other reviews have stated), which results in a toxic and disconnected workplace. There’s a lot of grandiose self-promotion when it comes to so-called impactful work being delivered in the community, as well as a lot of money (and time - so much time) wasting.
    9 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Middle Management
    Sep 2023
    Footscray VIC 30111 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Toxic and Vile Senior Leadership
    The good thingsThe overall cause of delivering healthcare to marginalized groups
    The challengesSenior Leadership is toxic and one big power trip - too concerned with outward appearances and internally people are treated poorly. No accountability and a huge blame culture A huge waste of government funding and resources due to the ineffectiveness of all projects
    11 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Nurse
    Jun 2023
    West Melbourne VIC 3003Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Avoid working with this Company.
    The good thingsDelivering health care to the community in need.
    The challengesManagement disengaged, disinterested and disrespectful of nursing staff.
    8 people found this helpful
    1.0
    physiotherapist
    May 2023
    Niddrie VIC 30429 to 10 years in the role
    nightmare - avoid it for your sanity.
    The good thingsif you get lucky enough to have supportive coworkers, that's the only positive
    The challengesthe micromanagement is incredibly patronising to hard working passionate healthcare professionals. Managers would rather make themselves look good to seniors to get into a more cushy role rather than support clients, staff and empower the community as a whole. It doesn't matter how loyal you are, in fact, that works against you. They want long termers (who knew how great community health once was) out so they can replace them with compliant young workers on shorter contracts.
    6 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Manager
    Feb 2023
    Wouldn’t work there again no matter how much you paid me.
    The good thingsSome great people with great values.
    The challengesPoor leadership with a lack of accountability. More focused on the appearance of things than living by their values. Terrible environment for People of Colour - focus on silencing voices and sticking to the company narrative of an inclusive workplace. Poor HR and Payroll team with multiple errors that you have to chase up. Many people left because of this. Company constantly chases growth and burns people out. Toxic environment to work in.
    12 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Organisation Strategy & Change Initiatives
    Jun 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    One of the best cultures I have ever had the pleasure of working within.
    The good thingsI have loved working at cohealth, the career opportunities have been great, leadership is kind and welcoming, my work is satisfying and I have the ambiguity to do great things. The organisation openly embraces diversity and work life balance, people are treated respect and dignity. I really value that about cohealth and my lovely colleagues.
    The challengesHead office is very lacklustre and needs an update. Open plan offices with noise are no longer conducive to a constructive work environment particularly for online teams meetings. Leadership desperately needs to start raising the bar of accountability.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Data Analyst
    Jun 2022
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Innovative and collaborative journey
    The good thingsSupportive environment
    The challengesComplex organisation structure
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Oral program
    Apr 2022
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Don't expect good management, team members.
    The good thingsJob security. only reason to stay long
    The challengesPoor management. Bad team relationships.
    3 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Alcohol and Other Drugs Worker
    Mar 2022
    Management does not value good staff.
    The good thingsThe team/colleagues are really good. Supportive and understanding.
    The challengesManagement is poor. Essentially people who don't know our clients or what we actually do calling the shots. Micromanaging employees even though KPIs overachieved. Pay rates not according to qualifications nor experience.
    5 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Nursing Role
    Feb 2022
    The HR department spokeswoman is amazing.
    The good thingsThe HR department has been supportive my through application process. They are welcoming which eased my initial obstacles. and it’s very positive working please.
    The challengesThe challenge might be different locations To go too.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    HR Team Specialist
    Aug 2021
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Opportunity to make a difference to the system and process I work with.
    The good thingsGreat team, working on things that really make a difference
    The challengesLots of things to work on!
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Heathcare
    Jun 2021
    Avoid working for cohealth if you have other options.
    The good thingsWorking with the clients is great.
    The challengesManagement difficult to work with. Lip service only to covid protections. No willingness from senior management to enforce OH&S or fix problems. Toxic work environment. No communication or consultation with staff.
    10 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Health Professional
    Apr 2021
    Low job satisfaction and poor work/life balance
    The good thingsColleagues are kind and caring. Some great internal training opportunities. Salary packaging benefits. Work with vulnerable and clients at risk of marginalisation - the work you do matters
    The challengesLack of support and empathy from management - care more about clients than staff. A large amount of administrative work, tasks increasingly pushed/dispersed onto health practitioners and lack of administrative staff to assist. HIGH turnover of staff noted
    5 people found this helpful
    2.0
    People Partner
    Jan 2021
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great company to receive services from, but not good to work for
    The good thingsThe company is diverse and inclusive and does good work in the community.
    The challengesManagement is difficult to work with in all teams. There is a toxic culture which causes high turn over. Training and development is also poor causing consistent issues amongst the internal infrastructure teams.
    10 people found this helpful
    1.0
    hr
    Oct 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Awful.
    The good thingsThey do great things for the community - strong commitment to it.
    The challengesToo much bureaucracy and hierarchy. Managers are not capable. Very toxic work environment especially in back office functions. Senior Leaders don't take any action.
    11 people found this helpful
    1.0
    HR
    Sep 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Cares for its clients, but not for its employees
    The good thingsStrong values and commitment to the people and communities it serves. The organisation does really good work.
    The challengesLeaders have a contemptuous regard for employees.
    9 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Dental Assistant
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    One of the best dental jobs out there. I urge anyone who is considering applying to apply because it’s an amazing team to be apart of and I thank them for all that they taught me. You get to help those in need and work to high standards and learn from the best.
    The good thingsBest job I ever had. Amazing opportunities for growth in the industry. Lots of workplace diversity. Amazing coworkers and fantastic patients. Everyone there worked to a ridiculously high standard of infection control and you get so much on the job training to be the best nurse you can be. They really cared about all of their workers wellbeing. I not only got to assist for all kinds of dental staff from students to oral health therapists to really experienced dentists, but got to learn from the best; they gave me wisdom beyond my years and so much confidence in my own skills. I really felt like I was helping people that needed it when I worked there.
    The challengesIt could be very fast paced especially when working with students (2 students to 1 nurse). Though all dental nursing jobs can get fast paced. Some of the patients could be a bit difficult but that also comes with any job and any industry. Otherwise it was great, I was only there for a maternity leave position. Was very hard to get another position there, as it was very far from home after I moved away, I would honestly say the only thing I didn’t like about this job was that I didn’t work there longer and that I moved so far away.
    2.0
    Supervisor
    Feb 2020
    Could have been great
    The good thingsGreat middle management team
    The challengesVicious co workers terrible HR and no corporate office support except IT and Facilities
    7 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Project Lead
    Jan 2020
    Having now worked in two different roles at two cohealth sites and each time I love the values and the work of cohealth.
    The good thingscohealth is an organisation that enacts its values in a way that is meaningful and impacts positively on the vulnerable cohort they work with.
    The challengesDisparity between level and maintenance of infrastructure between cohealth sites. Collingwood site very run down.
    1.0
    Manager
    Nov 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Bad management
    The good thingsThe benefits of salary packaging
    The challengesManagement don’t listen
    2 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Allied Health Professional
    Oct 2019
    The people you work with day to day generally are great. Management not so much
    The good thingsThe allied health staff I work with are great and supportive of each other
    The challengesManagement particularly upper management are terrible with their communication and don’t appear to have much respect for ground level staff
    1.0
    corporate
    Sep 2019
    very challenging culture
    The good thingsservice providing staff are committed
    The challengesmanagement culture in corporate office. Lack of inclusive team culture, lack of values based leadership
    4 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Physiotherapist
    May 2019
    Cohealth Rocks!
    The good thingsThe team I work with is excellent and they always show trust in my skills and as a result I have achieved great results with the clients in community.
    The challengesWorking with colleagues who have years of experience!
    1.0
    Acting accounts payable officer
    May 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    I would never go back to an unsatisfactory non for profit company like cohealth
    The good thingsFree food, and flexibility in hours
    The challengesThe management didnt know what they were doing.
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Community Mental Health Worker
    Dec 2017
    Good colleagues stressful work environment
    The good thingsGood colleagues and people passionate about the work
    The challengesSystem wide changes, lack of communication regarding change from executive team, poor management, lack of support in challenging role.
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