• Duration:  12 month
  contract, subject to further funding
• First Nations People, LGBTIQ+ people, people with
  disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived
  experience are encouraged to apply
• DSS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
  Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
  our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
  process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
  Children Check and National Police Check.

About the role

Drummond Street Services (DS) is a
not-for profit, recognised as leaders in delivering intersectional and whole of
family practice approaches, providing services to individuals, families and
marginalised communities.  Due to recent growth
in our capacity building projects we have created a new position within our
training team.  This is an exciting
opportunity for an experienced practitioner to be involved in innovative
practice development projects, and work with a diverse, high performing and
collaborative team.

The Senior Training
and Practice Development Officer will work across multiple projects to develop
and deliver high quality training, capacity building and organisational
readiness resources that disseminate DS practice model both within our own
services, and across a range of other sectors that we work in partnership
with.  This includes a focus on;

• Intersectionality
• Whole of family
  approach to practice
• Working with LGBTIQ+
  communities and their families
• Public health
• Risk and protective
  factors across the lifespan
• Lived-experiences
  and Co-production, and
• Recovery oriented
  practice

The role is best
suited to those with strong written and oral communication skills, and an
ability to articulate practice frameworks. 
Connections with one or more of the marginalised communities with which our
service works is also highly desirable. 

Your responsibilities

• Design and deliver training and education that supports
  practice change and development across a range of areas, including
  intersectional, whole of family practice, LGBTIQ+, with a particular focusing
  on developing organisational readiness and practice to address the needs of
  marginalised or at-risk cohorts.
• Develop and implement innovative capacity building and
  practice change initiatives, informed by high quality evidence, public health
  principles and our co-production approach.
• Contribute to the development of a range of practice tools
  and documents in consultation with practitioners, service leaders, community
  members and people with lived experience.
• Collaboratively engage with a range of internal and external
  stakeholders to understand and address identified service gaps and needs, and
  to develop the profile of Drummond Streets capacity building, training and
  consultancy services. 
• Plan, implement and evaluate projects, including writing
  project plans, working with the team and other collaborators to achieve
  milestones and deliverables, maintaining records and communicating with
  stakeholders to track progress and any issues or risks that may arise.

Selection Criteria, please address the following in your
application to be considered.

Essential

• Qualifications and/or experience in social work or other
  relevant disciplines.
• Experience in designing and delivering workforce development
  and/or capacity building initiatives, including training that supports
  participants to maximise learning, is inclusive and reflective of DS
  organisation’s ethos, values and goals.
• Demonstrated knowledge of therapeutic, intersectional and
  whole of family approaches to practice, and experience of applying these in a
  relevant field (e.g. MH, AOD, LGBTIQ+, FV) 
• Demonstrated high-level written, oral and interpersonal
  communication skills and organisational skills including the ability to meet
  deadlines and prioritise work tasks.
• A genuine interest and commitment to applying an
  intersectional approach to working with diverse populations and people with
  lived experience, including LGBTIQ+, First Nations, refugee, CALD and other
  marginalised communities

Highly Desirable

• You identify as belonging to one or more of the communities
  with whom DS assertively engages

Application process

• Applications close Wednesday 7 December 2022
• All applications will be directed to our career’s portal
  – Senior Training and Practice Development Officer
• All applicants must include a resume and with a
  cover letter addressing all the key selection criteria for the position.

To discuss your application, please contact Naomi Rottem on
9663 6733 or email [email protected], using
the subject line: Senior Training and Practice Development Officer