• Part-time – Maximum term contract – 30th June 2024
• Rare Opportunity to Make a Difference in a Purpose-Led Organisation
• Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging Tax-Free Benefits

As the Case Worker – New England AOD Outreach Program you will Provide high-quality case management to clients experiencing substance use and dependence across a designated geographical area and maintain strong linkages with general practitioners and other primary health clinicians and Aboriginal medical services.

Duties include:

• Provide case management to clients of the New England AOD Outreach Program in accordance with the Society’s AOD Model of Care.
• Provide evidence-based treatment for clients who are using a range of substances, including methamphetamine, whilst promoting a flexible, individualised stepped care model.
• Conduct regular appointments with clients across a broad geographical area through a range of modalities including face-to-face, telephone, and MS Teams.
• Provide ad hoc support to clients of the Moree / Narrabri AOD Outreach Program as required including psychosocial support, conflict resolution, or any other support required to assist the client or the therapeutic milieu of the program.
• Facilitate occasional small educational groups where the need is identified.
• Ensure treatments are targeted and culturally appropriate for Indigenous Australians including linkages to appropriate services.
• Maintain accurate client records, case notes, and other data as directed and required.
• Conduct client assessments including outcome measures and client experience measures.
• Support and engage with family and significant others as appropriate, including through referral to external services.

Experience required:

• Relevant qualifications, e.g., high-level group work skills, tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline. Or a certificate IV or Diploma in alcohol and other drugs or other caseworker experience.
• Demonstrated experience in managing a caseload and case planning, including with persons with complex needs (e.g. co-occurring drug and alcohol issues along with homelessness, mental health, and contact with the criminal justice system).
• Demonstrated ability to work therapeutically with clients (e.g. provide therapeutic interventions).
• Knowledge of, and an ability to access, a range of relevant community resources.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct self in a professional, ethical, and non-judgmental manner.
• NSW driver’s license.

For more information on this and other similar roles in Community Services please contact Jenny Rosser on 0435 242 908