Specialist Alcohol & Other Drugs Family Violence Advisor
- Full time 76 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE)
- Ongoing position
The Specialist AOD Family Violence Advisor is situated within Bendigo Community Health Services (BCHS) AOD team who provide a broad range of supports to highly marginalised individuals and families as well as at risk communities. The suite of services covers initial contact, brief interventions, longer term therapeutic and clinical supports, information, harm reduction education and referral into treatment services both internally and externally.
About BCHS
Bendigo Community Health Services has cared for the health and wellbeing of the Bendigo community for more than 40 years. As an organisation we employ more than 200 people across a broad range of services, you will find working at Bendigo Community Health Services both challenging and rewarding.
The success of BCHS starts with our staff, who have a high level of professionalism and dedication allowing BCHS to deliver quality services for the community with a particular focus on the vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Added benefits of working with BCHS include:
- Salary packaging
- Flexible working conditions
- Purchasing leave
- Study assistance
- Training programs
- Novated leasing
The Role
The role requires advanced communication skills with adaptability to interact with a varied audience. Clear effective communication is crucial to the success and maximising influence of the role. Additionally, an ability to build and maintain professional relationships while easily articulating complex ideas is key to the role’s overall effectiveness.
Key Selection Criteria
Essential
- Significant understanding of the evidence on the gendered nature of family violence and the nature, dynamics and impact of family violence
- Demonstrated understanding of the relationship between family violence and substance misuse in the context of AOD treatment services, and its implications for AOD service delivery.
- Advanced communication skills with demonstrated experience in interagency liaison, consultation and the building of partnerships with key stakeholders and relevant service sectors.
- In-depth knowledge of the landscape of family violence and other health and human services in the Loddon area catchment.
- An ability to articulate and apply a practice framework focused on engagement and assessment including an understanding of Family Violence Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Information Sharing requirements.
- A degree in social work or a related community services discipline.
- Willingness and ability to engage with services working with perpetrators of family violence for the purpose of service linkage and referral.
- Extensive experience and knowledge of working with diverse individuals and communities.
- Demonstrated ability to flexibly manage competing priorities and stressful situations, monitoring own stress levels and practicing and promoting self-care strategies.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills including management of confidential information, accurately recording information, professional correspondence, and providing clear concise written and oral reports as required.
- Current Driver’s Licence.
- A current Working with Children Check.
Desirable
- Significant experience working in the AOD service sector.
- Extensive practical management and leadership experience (minimum of two years) in the provision of community services or similar.
For further information about the position contact Dale Hardy on 0405 992 656 or to view the full position description go to Current jobs – Bendigo Community Health Service www.bchs.com.au/careers/current-jobs
How to apply
Applications addressing the Key Selection Criteria should be emailed to [email protected] by 4pm Monday, 9 October 2023.
Only applications addressing the Key Selection Criteria will be considered.
Bendigo Community Health Services encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities.
Applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. Applicants are requested to contact Human Resources on telephone 5406 1312 if an automatic acknowledgement has not been received.