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AOD Clinician Care & Recovery – SECADA
 

• Full-time, 12-month fixed term contract. 
• Based at Pakenham.
• $83,941.88 per annum, plus super.
• 17.5% annual leave loading and generous salary packaging options
• Progressive Workplace Flexibility options that enable genuine work life balance.
• Will be provided with an OHV Laptop and Mobile Phone with access to a pool car.

About Odyssey House Victoria:

Odyssey House Victoria (OHV) is a place of hope and positive change for individuals working towards breaking their pattern of addiction. At Odyssey House we believe that every person should have the opportunity to change and grow. Our diverse teams work with individuals, families, and communities to reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, improve mental health, and reconnect people to their family and the community. OHV is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation committed to excellence in service provision and innovation in responding to alcohol and other drugs use problems.

Role Purpose:
The AOD Clinician Care & Recovery – SECADA is responsible for proactively case managing and providing outreach services for complex clients who are awaiting or currently engaged in alcohol and drug treatment.

Key areas of focus:

• Provide high quality engagement, assessment, treatment and support services to individuals and their families, including Family Inclusive Practice and Dual Diagnosis principles.
• Provide flexible coordination and support and targeted interventions to enhance the client’s engagement and retention in treatment, including pre-care support. Interventions may include:
  • assessments of clients’ AOD treatment and recovery needs
  • practical assistance
  • motivational interviewing and supportive counselling
  • harm reduction information and education
  • case conferences to facilitate integrated and consistent treatment across services.
• Facilitate client access to a range of appropriate treatment options and service providers.
• Develop individual recovery plans by assisting clients to identify relevant goals.
• Identify the needs of vulnerable children, working with families to develop safety plans and facilitating referrals to partner agencies.
• Participate in daily clinical reviews to confirm treatment planning and care coordination and provide information that may aid in the achievement of the program’s objectives.
• Utilise the Drug & Alcohol Outcome Star and/or other outcome measure to identify goals, track and monitor progress across a range of recovery domains and provide clients with tangible evidence of the effectiveness of their treatments.
• Create discharge plans and provide post care support including assisting clients and their families to negotiate their treatment beyond the AOD sector.
• Follow up with clients at 3- and 12-months post treatment to track recovery progress and support reengagement with treatment as required.
• Liaising with other health and welfare services, provide clinical expertise and secondary consultation, including the provision of offsite AOD assessments.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and productive working relationships with GPs, mental health, hospitals, employment and family services, housing workers and homeless support, child protection, financial counselling, all other AOD services and other community and sector connections.
• Provide supervisory assistance to students as required.

A week in the role:

If you were here last week, you would have:

• Engaged flexibly with clients on your caseload; provided one on one AOD interventions (via face to face, outreach, and via phone and telehealth service provision)
• Completed case management tasks such as referrals to residential rehabs and detoxes and other AOD pathways, and linked clients in sustainably to housing, mental health, and medical services.
• Worked collaboratively with other services and clinicians.
• Worked alongside like-minded, compassionate, and collegiate staff to make a real difference to someone’s life and AOD journey.

Key Selection Criteria:

We are looking for an experienced and passionate AOD Clinician to engage with clients and their families and link them into a range of holistic services including housing, mental health, legal and others, to enhance their treatment outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you must…

• Hold a relevant health and/or welfare tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or Allied Health Sciences with one years’ experience or an Associate Diploma with relevant experience.
• Hold a Certificate IV in AOD or have completed the required competencies (or able to within the first 12 months of employment). Refer to Appendix A*.
• Proven skills in the application of assessment, case coordination, case management, case formulation, development of Individual Treatment Plans and discharge planning.
• Experience in working with AOD and dual diagnosis clients and other categories of complex clients.
• Ability to convey empathy and concern and to collaborate effectively with a range of people (including specific groups such as Aboriginal, CALD and Forensic clients) and families experiencing problematic alcohol and other drugs use in a respectful and compassionate manner.
• Proven ability to develop and collaborate effectively with service providers and stakeholders.
• Capacity to maintain file records and data collection processes to a high professional standard.

For a copy of the position description which outlines the full list of responsibilities and key selection criteria, please click HERE.

*Appendix A (AOD Competencies)

OHV requires staff in clinical positions to have the following competencies (or their equivalent). Where people do not already have these competencies, OHV will invest in the staff’s professional development by providing them through our registered training organisation (RTO).

The competencies required in the first 12 months of employment are:

• CHCAOD001 – Work in an alcohol and other drugs context
• CHCAOD004 – Assess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues
• CHCAOD006 – Provide interventions for people with alcohol and other drugs issues
• CHCAOD009 – Develop and review individual alcohol and other drugs treatment plans

What we can give YOU!

In return we are committed to offering you an inclusive and transparent workplace culture where our people can develop to be their very best by:  

• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Providing work that is meaningful and challenging, with career development opportunities through project and secondment opportunities and succession planning.
• Providing career pathways across diverse OHV programs.
• Access to 24/7 counselling through our Employee Assistance Provider (EAP).
• Generous leave options such as 48/52 Purchase Leave, Study Leave and Sabbaticals.
• Flexible working arrangements such as, school-orientated part-year hours and monthly RDO’s for full-timers (arrangements will vary based on role requirements).

In addition to the above, staff will also be provided monthly Clinical Supervision sessions for professional development and personal wellbeing.

Application information

Please apply directly via our careers website (applications via external recruitment websites or via email will not be considered)

Applications should be addressed to Shirley Villanti and include your CV and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria. 

If you have any questions relating to the position, please contact Shirley Villanti – Program Coordinator – SECADA on, 03 5943 3900 or at [email protected].

We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and suitable candidates will be shortlisted immediately. This role will close once a suitable candidate has been selected, so please don’t wait to apply! 

Our commitment to diversity

At OHV we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions by encouraging people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, LGBTQIA, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Safety screening

OHV is committed to child safety and is a child safe organisation. All OHV employees must undergo Police Records and Working with Children Checks. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with us.

Mandatory COVID vaccinations

In line with OHV’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy, all Odyssey House Victoria staff are required to hold Fully Vaccinated (Boosted) status, having also received the Booster Vaccination. Evidence of this minimum of three (3) COVID-19 vaccinations will be requested during the onboarding process and offers will be rescinded where such evidence cannot be provided.
 

All Odyssey House Victoria sites are smoke free for all employees.