• Ongoing
• Rostered for 3 shifts per week (21 hours per fortnight)

The Position

The Welfare Worker - Needle Syringe Program (NSP) works in the mobile NSP service, which operates on a Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30pm to 11pm. This position will be rostered for 3 shifts per week. NSP provides sterile injecting equipment and disposal services within a harm minimisation and health promotion framework to the City of Greater Bendigo. The program delivers information and education covering a range of public health and harm reduction issues including safer using practices, identifying and responding to high-risk injecting practices, appropriate disposal of injecting equipment, safe sex practice and prevention of blood borne virus (BBV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI).

The Team

The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Team is a multi-disciplinary team, supporting consumers requiring a range of treatment, support and education related to their use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD). The team supports consumers along the continuum of AOD use from active using to seeking access to stop their use with a pathway to recovery. The focus of the team is to provide seamless treatment and support pathways, coordinated service and a range of information and education interventions relating to harm reduction.

About Bendigo Community Health Services

BCHS has cared for the health and wellbeing of the Bendigo community for 50 years. We employ more than 280 people across a broad range of services.

The success of BCHS starts with our staff, who have a high level of professionalism and dedication, allowing us to deliver quality services for the community, with a particular focus on vulnerable people.

Added benefits of working with BCHS include:

• Salary packaging
• Purchasing leave
• Study assistance
• Training programs
• Novated leasing
• Fitness Passport

Key Selection Criteria

1. A qualification in Community Services, Community Development, Youth Work, or other health science related field or demonstrated experience working in a related field.
2. Demonstrated understanding of a range of related areas including; harm reduction, illicit and legal drugs, blood-borne virus prevention, overdose prevention, overdose response and management.
3. A willingness and capacity to work with marginalised and stigmatised communities such as people who use drugs without judgement or discrimination.
4. Show evidence of well-developed written and verbal communication skills and sound administration and data entry skills.
5. Demonstrated ability to develop consumer and community focused materials for health education or health promotion activities.
6. Demonstrated ability to provide sensitive practice in response to consumer diversity.
7. Current First Aid and CPR Certification.
8. Ability to work after hours.
9. A current employee Working with Children Check and Driver’s Licence.
10. The successful applicant will also be required to undertake and complete a Satisfactory National Police Check.

For further information about the position contact Peta Brady on 0461 382 027.

To view the position description please go to our website.

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by 10pm on the closing date.