• 0.6, Part-time Permanent role, based in Hawthorn and Doncaster
• Not for Profit with salary packaging benefits & work life balance
• Collaborative and highly skilled supported team environment 

About Access Health and Community

With a history of 150 years and caring at our centre, our mission and commitment is to build healthier lives within our communities and to deliver excellent health and community services for all.  We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 300 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do, making a contribution to the wellbeing of the community every day through our work, making a difference every day to those that need it most.

About the role 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our thriving community health care organisation and work within a truly supportive value based culture and engaged workforce at Access Health and Community. 

We are seeking a passionate AOD Senior Clinician to provide clinical leadership and supervision to our multidisciplinary AOD team. The underpinning service model utilises strengths-based, trauma-informed, client-centred and family inclusive approaches including interventions such as motivational interviewing, mindfulness and cognitive therapies to individuals, families and groups. 

The AOD Senior Clinician role requires a high level of skill in AOD assessment, treatment, risk management and education/secondary consultation. In addition to providing clinical services, the Senior Clinician role has dedicated time for clinical leadership and clinical supervision duties. 

AccessHC works in partnership with other community health and tertiary services to deliver our AOD services; the Senior Clinician will work collaboratively with the partner organisations to support referrals across our partnership, as well as internally within AccessHC.

What you will be doing

• Delivery of high quality clinical assessment and treatment services to clients with alcohol and drug issues and other co-occurring complexities
• Provision of clinical supervision to other practitioners in the team, including individual supervision and group/peer supervision sessions
• Providing clinical leadership to the team with key involvement in the client allocation, risk review and discharge processes
• Provision of secondary consultation and clinical risk management
• Supporting the AOD Manager to lead quality improvement initiatives and ensure a high quality service delivery for clients and families

What you will bring

Key Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in alcohol and other drugs, psychology, social work, family therapy, nursing or related field
• Relevant qualifications and experience in therapeutic counselling interventions
• Demonstrated experience in working with addiction/substance use in mental health/AOD settings for a minimum of 5 years
• Demonstrated high level of skill in clinical risk assessment and management, including assessing for risk of suicide/self-harm, overdose, family violence and other risk domains
• Recognised qualifications/training and demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision
• Registered with AHPRA as a Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor – (Desirable)

Attributes

• The ability to maintain high level assessment documents, clinical records, reports and case notes
• Genuine commitment to harm minimisation and to reducing the stigma associated with alcohol, medication and other drug use
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (including written and verbal)
• The ability to take initiative in the workplace, work as part of a team, be flexible in your approach and be a self-directed learner
• Effective time management and prioritisation skills
• High level of cultural sensitivity and awareness and the ability to work safely and effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse and LGBTIQA+ communities
• Collaborative approach to working with internal and external stakeholders and referrers to support care coordination and shared care practices
• Demonstrated behaviours consistent with AccessHC values 

Access Health and Community Culture & Benefits

The reasons why people love working at Access Health and Community:

Not only will you benefit from a rewarding and challenging career; you will thrive in our collaborative and supportive culture where you will make a positive difference each day giving back to those that need it most.

The position encompasses the extensive range of benefits that are on offer;

• A truly supportive and valued based culture and engaged workforce
• A culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive

• Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
• An authentic focus on staff wellbeing and health- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• A commitment to ongoing professional development and career growth
• Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Annual leave Loading

Access Health and Community have an authentic commitment to the health and wellbeing of our staff: 

Wellbeing Connector Program  

A network of 20 peer supporters - Wellbeing Connectors that are there to talk with their colleagues about mental health   

Personal Resilience Plans 

Every staff member at AccessHC have the opportunity to complete a Personal Resilience Plan with the support of their manager. These plans are a proactive approach to addressing and navigating workplace stress  

Wellbeing Information Sessions 

Access to recorded Wellbeing Sessions: staff have access to a number of recorded sessions facilitated by experts in the field addressing self-care, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and dealing with difficult behaviours from clients  

The Wellness Well 

The Wellness Well: An internal grants program that provides staff with upwards of $5,000 to implement activities that benefit physical, social and mental wellbeing  

Employee Assistance Program

We offer counselling for our people through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). You can access up to three sessions in a 12-month period 

Wellbeing Days  

Available annually to all permanent and fixed term full-time and part time employees an opportunity to take a day off from work for your self-care and wellbeing  

Environmental Impact initiatives

Access Health and Community are committed to taking action to reduce our impact on the environment and as a City Switch member we access resources, toolkits and expertise to help us become a more environmentally sustainable organisation. We have implemented a number of climate related initiatives, to reduce e-waste, by recycling old computers, monitors and ink cartridges and waste separation, and allocated a pin to print for all staff to reduce and cut down waste production and unnecessary printing.

Apply Now

If this position resonates with you and you are passionate about working alongside a collaborative and supportive team, please forward your resume and cover letter and why you think the position will work well for you. Please refer to the position description on our website for the key selection criteria information: accesshc.org.au/careers

Please reach out to for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role. Please contact AOD Manager, Rachel Shankland: [email protected] using the subject line: AOD Mental Health Senior Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Apply now so you don’t miss this opportunity as we will be assessing applications as they are submitted.

Access Health and Community is a Child Safe Organisation

Access Health and Community actively supports an inclusive culture and celebrates diversity. We encourage applications from people with disabilities, people with lived experience of mental health and/or AOD recovery, and people with diverse genders and sexualities.

Access Health and Community actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse background.

Access Health and Community acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of this land on which we work.

AccessHC is a vaccine positive organisation, which supports, and encourages our workers, clients / patients and communities to access the COVID-19 vaccination, and where relevant seek medical advice from a registered medical practitioner regarding the vaccination as it relates to them. 

Access Health and Community is a provider of disability services and successful applicants will be required to undertake a NDIS Workers Screening Check, WWW Check and if necessary, an International Police check prior to any appointment.