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Capacity Building Officer - Youth, Alcohol and Other Drugs

Sonder
  • Part time to Full time (up to 37.5 hrs per week)
  • Working Location: Position available to be located at headspace Adelaide – Wakefield St, Adelaide

Thank you for your interest in applying for the position of Youth Alcohol and Other Drugs Capacity Building Officer.

The Youth Services Alcohol and other Drugs (AOD) Capacity Building Worker will be located within the headspace Adelaide early psychosis team and work closely with the staff at Sonder’s youth services programs (headspace centres and emerge programs) to ensure the implementation and delivery of AOD specific assessments/services and referral pathways for youth with mental health and substance use concerns (dual diagnosis).

This will involve upskilling staff across multiple sites with regular training opportunities, co-mentoring staff with individual clients who require particular MH/AOD focus, ensuring all appropriate resources are available, reviewing all current care pathways to embed MH/AOD support and strengthening the referral pathways between external agencies and the provision of appropriate information.

Relevant tertiary qualifications in either Community Development, Social Planning, Social/Behavioural Science, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Health Sciences (Health Promotion) or other relevant field. Or demonstrated substantial and extensive experience in the mental health sector.

You will find within the information package:

  • An overview of Sonder and headspace
  • Position description and role requirements
  • Guidelines on submitting your application

How to Apply

Applicants are requested to send a covering letter, addressing the key selection criteria, and resume to Sonder via our careers portal on our website.

All enquiries to [email protected], using the subject line: Capacity Building Officer - Youth, Alcohol and Other Drugs enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Competitive salaries are available to the right applicants commensurate with experience, plus Super. Additionally, you will be offered a range of outstanding benefits including generous salary packaging options, TOIL, meal & entertainment allowances and mileage allowance, all of which will significantly boost your overall package!

Full position descriptions are available at http://sonder.net.au/careers/.

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