• Progressive Workplace Flexibility options that enables genuine work life balance
• Maximise your take home pay with up to $15,900 per annum salary packaging
• $47.86 to $51.50 per hour (neg) plus super

Love Trust Honesty Respect Concern

Odyssey House Victoria (OHV) is a place of hope and positive change for individuals working towards breaking their pattern of addiction. At Odyssey House we believe that every person should have the opportunity to change and grow. Our diverse teams work with individuals, families, and communities to reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, improve mental health, and reconnect people to their family and the community. OHV is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation committed to excellence in service provision and innovation in responding to alcohol and other drugs use problems.

The Odyssey Institute is also a registered training organisation (RTO ID 20995) and holds registration with VicRoads for the provision of drink and drug driver behaviour change programs. The Odyssey Institute holds a Skills First contract with the Department of Education and Training for provision of government subsidised training. Along with fee for service contracts held with specific health and welfare agencies, the Institute holds a strong strategic position in the health and community services industry sectors for provision of quality training and assessment services. In conjunction with the RTO function, the Institute and manager also coordinates, promotes, and delivers the VicRoads Drink and Drug Drive Behaviour Change Programs, and retains the required registration requirements with VicRoads.

Who are WE looking for?

We are looking for an educational professional who is passionate about facilitating behaviour change for those who need, and to contribute to the development of adult learners seeking to enter the workforce and improve their lives. The successful candidate will need to undergo an accreditation process with Vic Roads that requires attainment of tertiary credentials and experience in AOD work and to be observed delivering the program in the first instance. The RTO will support the successful candidate in undertaking this. The successful candidate will also need to commit to a regular time for the period of the program which ranges from a day a week for two weeks for the standard program, or a day a week four weeks for the intensive program.

We are very interested in discussing with you, how you may be able to use your skills and experience within OHV to benefit our clients on their journey to recovery. We want to attract the best possible people whose values align strongly with those of OHV. If you want to make a real and profound difference to someone’s life, this could be the role for you.

What we can give YOU!

In return we are committed to offering you an inclusive and transparent workplace culture where our people can develop to be their very best by:

• Providing access to information, skills, and training
• Enabling work across wider organisational roles and programs
• Providing ongoing development and regular constructive feedback
• Providing work that is meaningful and challenging, with career development opportunities through project and secondment opportunities and succession planning

We also believe in giving people real flexibility in their work, and so our Workplace Flexibility policy* enables our staff to be great at work, and great at home too, with options of:

• Flexible Leave including 48/52 Purchased Leave, Study Leave and Sabbaticals
• Flexible Working Hours and Days including school-oriented part-year hours and monthly RDO’s for full-timers
• Flexible Workplaces including WFH and Telework
• Having Pets in the Workplace

(*Flexibility agreements will vary based on role requirements).

And OHV employees also have access to generous employee benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum
• Mobile phone and laptop
• A fully maintained motor vehicle where role-required
• Access to 24/7 Counselling through our Employee Assistance Provider (EAP)
• Monthly Clinical Supervision sessions for professional development and personal wellbeing

The position

The position is offered as a casual contract. The role is based at Footscray.

The key purpose of the role is to facilitate drink drug drive behaviour change programs with groups of people are seeking to regain their driver’s licence. The role also facilitates group sessions to encourage behaviour change for those who need to regain their licences, along with interacting with our DDDBCP program administrator and other facilitators.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be approachable and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Be able to self-regulate and self-monitor own behaviours, practice self-reflection at all times, display a commitment to realistically assess own personal strengths, limitations, biases, and effectiveness, and remain open to feedback and constructive criticism
• Be a team player who is supportive of one’s colleagues
• Be driven by own moral values, which will be aligned to those of Odyssey House
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance and application of inclusive practice when working with people from diverse communities, such as cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance and application of intersectionality when working with people from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds

Application information

The full position description can be viewed HERE.

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Please do not apply via recruitment websites or via email. Please remember to address your application to Carol Williams, Manager Odyssey Institute, and include your CV and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria.

If you have any questions relating to the position, please contact Carol Williams on 0438 048 843, or at [email protected] using the subject line: Trainer Facilitator - Drink Drug Drive Behavioural Change Program enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our commitment to diversity

At OHV we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions by encouraging people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, LGBTQIA, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Safety screening

OHV is committed to child safety and is a child safe organisation. All OHV employees must undergo Police Records and Working with Children Checks. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with us.

Mandatory COVID vaccinations

In line with recent Victorian Government mandatory vaccination requirements for the health industry, and OHV's Mandatory Vaccination Policy, all Odyssey House Victoria staff are required to hold full vaccination status, and effective as of 1 March 2022 also have received the Booster Vaccination. Evidence of such vaccination status will be requested during the onboarding process and offers will be rescinded where such evidence cannot be provided.

All Odyssey House Victoria sites are smoke free for all employees.