Published September 17, 2024
Last Modified September 18, 2024
Western Health
Location
Gordon Street, Australia
Job Type
Full-time
Category
AOD Clinician
Suburb
Footscray
Closing Date
October 27, 2024

Job Description

  • Western Health, Drug Health Services
  • Women’s Therapeutic Day Program
  • Drug and Alcohol Clinician
  • Full time, Monday to Friday

 

The Women’s Therapeutic Day Program is seeking a suitably skilled Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Clinician to work across a Therapeutic Day Program and in collaboration with the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) Child Protection (CP). This position provides an exciting opportunity for a clinician to work in a varied role in a team that is innovative and supportive.

 

The day program team is multidisciplinary incorporating a feminist framework; empowering women to explore, understand and make changes to their identified substance use in a therapeutic environment promoting positive lifestyle changes. The programs model of care is evidence based, holistic, person centred and recovery focussed. The program runs for 6 weeks and facilitates relapse prevention and life skills groups, weekend planning and review, individual recovery planning and referral / linkage to community supports as identified.

The AOD Clinician works independently and in partnership with the DFFH CP from a Best Interest framework for vulnerable children and youth. The role provides clinical consultation, builds AOD capacity, education, assessments, explores parent’s/guardian’s insight into impacts of substance use towards parenting capacity and prepares court reports in the CP component of work.

 

To be successful in this role you:

  • Will have qualifications in a health-related discipline such as Bachelor of Social Work, Psychology or Community Development.
  • Need excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Will have an understanding of and a commitment to the principles and practises of harm minimisation in the drug and alcohol field.
  • Will have experience in working effectively, independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
  • Need excellent clinical skills that includes completing assessments, treatment planning and health care education.

Contact Person: Sharon Mcgillivray

Title: Team Leader

Phone: 0401 670 560

For more information please refer to the Position Description

Applications close at 11.59pm on 27 September 2024

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