• SCHCADS Award hourly rates range from $41.52 – $44.68 + super + tax-free salary packaging
• Amazing NFP salary packaging tax-free benefits: increasing annual pay package to $15k
• Clear paths to career progression + ongoing learning and development opportunities

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values it is to shape a more just and compassionate society.

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

The Role

Deliver high quality case management, group work and general drug and alcohol and other support to clients of Rendu House AOD Services. You will be joining a highly supportive multidisciplinary team, with great career progression across a range of teams and services.

Your responsibilities: .

• Deliver therapeutic interventions, support, and education in accordance with evidence-based practise and the Society’s AOD Model of Care.
• Provide case management for clients of Rendu House Drug Health Day Program in accordance with the Society and Rendu House policy across 7 stages; Engagement, Assessment, Treatment Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, Review and Closure
• Conduct intake and comprehensive assessment (including risk assessment) of clients.
• Assist clients with developing holistic treatment plans across a range of domains and stages of treatment.
• Assist clients collaboratively with implementing their individual treatment plan.
• Work collaboratively and liaise with other service providers towards achieving clients’ treatment and case plan goals.
• Facilitate the delivery of therapeutic and education groups.
• Provide ad hoc support to clients of Rendu House as required.
• Support and engage with family and significant others as appropriate, including provision of education, information, brief intervention, and support, and referral to family support services.
• Conduct all client interactions in accordance with Vinnies Services’ policies and procedures, Client-centered Service Delivery Model, and the Society’s AOD Model of Care.
• Engage in case review processes with the team and individually with the Manager.
• Work in partnership with other members of the Rendu House team in order to ensure quality outcomes.
• Maintain accurate client records, case notes, and other data as directed and required.

You will need:

• Demonstrated experience in case management including; managing a case load, case planning and assisting clients with implementing case plans, including with persons who have complex support needs (e.g. co-occurring drug and alcohol issues along with mental health, homelessness or contact with criminal justice system).
• Willingness to work within the established Rendu House, the Society’s AOD Model of Care and the Society’s Client-centred Service Delivery Model.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct self in a professional, ethical and non-judgmental manner.
• Knowledge of, and an ability to access, a range of relevant community resources.  Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and to work independently and unsupervised.
• Basic computer literacy skills including experience in computerised data collection.
• Relevant tertiary qualification/s or working towards, e.g. Certificate IV or Diploma in Alcohol and Other Drugs or other Community Services field, or approved counselling / welfare / psychology equivalent or working towards the same
• NSW driver licence (unencumbered).

If this sounds like you, don’t wait – apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them. Submit your application with a resume. For more about the role, see the Position Description.

This is our Recruitment process

If you have questions about this role, or require an easy-read Position Description, please email Christine Faddoul on [email protected], quoting: Day Program Case Worker /VIN3136

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.

St Vincent de Paul (NSW) has a COVID- 19 vaccination policy that has identified this role as requiring a full COVID-19 vaccination. Medical exemptions with the NSW government contraindication form will be considered, subject to a satisfactory risk assessment.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.

St Vincent de Paul (NSW) has a COVID- 19 vaccination policy that has identified this role as requiring a full COVID-19 vaccination. Medical exemptions with the NSW government contraindication form will be considered, subject to a satisfactory risk assessment.