Manager, Residential Peer Programs

• This position is a designated ‘AOD lived experience‘ role
• 9-day fortnight/onsite

About SHARC:

Established in 1995, SHARC is a community of people impacted by alcohol, drugs and gambling, including family, friends and supporters.

Together, we work towards an Australian society where our communities’ lived expertise is at the heart of inclusive communities, services, and systems.

Our Vision:

Lived expertise is at the heart of inclusive communities and services, where people proudly share their experiences and support each other in a society free of stigma and discrimination.

Our Purpose:

We transform lives, services and society through our community’s lived experience of alcohol and other drugs, gambling and related harms. We create change by being ourselves, supporting one another, telling our stories, sharing our knowledge, advocating and building allyships.

SHARC places a priority on a positive, supportive, and productive work environment. Our services operate within an empowerment framework which maximises client's and volunteer's opportunities for self-responsibility, mutual support and participation.

We transform lives, services and society through our community’s lived experience of alcohol and other drugs, gambling and related harms.

About the program:

Residential Peer Programs incorporates three program areas: Recovery Support Services, Oxford Houses and the US Womens’ Recovery Program.

Recovery Support Services provides a residential based program and day program for young people seeking recovery from alcohol and drug use, supporting those on their recovery journey with accommodation, case management counselling and life skills.

Oxford Houses is an open-ended program, providing secure, supportive and affordable homes for people recovering from alcohol and other drugs. Oxford Houses is three quarter way living, where residents are responsible for strengthening their own recovery and accountable for managing the affairs of their home within the Oxford Houses guidelines.

US Womens’ Recovery Program offers women over the age of 26 a unique opportunity to build on their recovery in a community setting, this program is based on the principles of self-help, mutual aid, utilising peer and community support. It is about people with a common problem coming together in mutual support.

Our programs provide access to safe alcohol and drug-free housing and a community of people seeking to change their lives and help each other.

Peer support underpins our residential peer programs where residents are inspired and supported by each other, people who understand their struggles and have found ways to manage common challenges.

Position Objective:

This position involves the delivery and coordination of Residential Peer Programs including Recovery Support Services, the US Womens’ Recovery Program and Oxford Houses.

In addition to providing a range of direct care / psychosocial opportunities, the position entails providing professional and strategic leadership and management of multidisciplinary staff, participation in training and research activities and participation in the planning and development of SHARC services.

The role of the manager is to provide strategic and day to day management of the Residential Peer Programs in line with the practice principles and strategic directions of SHARC and within the boundaries of budget, contractual and legal obligations, working in collaboration with other SHARC services and meeting all funding compliance requirements.

The Manager is supported via co-ordinators in Residential Support Services and Oxford Houses.

In addition, the manager has delegated authority to:

• manage staff
• prepare and implement the programs’ annual budget, service and management plans
• coordinate and administer all activities of the programs
• initiate further developments of the services provided and develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders and organisations.

The successful applicant will be required to prior to commencement to:

• Obtain/possess an employee Working with Children Check with SHARC listed as the employer
• Undergo a police check

Further information/enquiries:  Clare Davies, Chief Executive Officer

Essential:
Lived Experience
• This is a designated AOD consumer lived experience role
• Previous experience working from a lived experience as the primary lens
Educational qualifications:
• A tertiary qualification that would be in line with this position, and/or
• A qualification in a management and leadership course and/or
• Relevant transferable skills

Other:
• At least 3 years of experience in a management role working in the alcohol and other drugs
sector
• Completion of Intentional Peer Support core training or similar is advantageous
• Completion of SHARC Peer Worker Training is advantageous

Desirable:
• Experience in management and leading small teams of multidisciplinary staff within a program area
• Empathic understanding of the issues surrounding chronic and dependent drug use
• Practical understanding of the dynamics of peer support, its application and value
• Experience with managing, training, supervising and supporting a peer workforce
• Experiential knowledge in the resolution of drug use problems
• Experience with the professional facilitation of drug self-help therapeutic approaches including
understanding of 12 Step Facilitation Therapy
• Experience with the planning, conceptualisation, implementation, coordination and evaluation of
rehabilitation programs in a residential / supported accommodation setting
• Experience with working with young people and adults who may have dangerous and/or life threatening conditions such as substance use disorders, self-injurious or suicidal behaviours
• Experience with advancing mechanisms for service user participation in all aspects of service
planning and delivery
• Experience with the development, implementation and evaluation of training and psychoeducational programs.
• Experience with providing secondary and/or tertiary consultation services to health and welfare
agencies and other professional groups (e.g. service planners and policy makers).
• Highly developed communication / liaison / networking skills.
• Well-developed written, verbal and interpersonal skills
• Well-developed Microsoft Office skills.