• Inner Melbourne Community Hub – North Melbourne
• Full Time – Maximum Term 19/03/2027
• SCHADS – Level 5 $51.00 to $53.31 per hour + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Little bit about the role

As the Senior AOD Clinician – STAR, you will provide therapeutic counselling, care and recovery coordination, and outreach support to adults and families impacted by alcohol and other drug use. Working across the Inner and Northern Community Hubs, you will support clients with complex needs to achieve their recovery goals through evidence-based, person-centred practice.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines individual counselling, outreach case management, group facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with internal and external service providers. You will also play a key role in supporting best practice, contributing to service improvements, and providing guidance on complex client matters.

About you

You are an experienced AOD practitioner with a passion for supporting people to achieve positive and lasting change. You bring strong therapeutic counselling and case management skills, along with the ability to engage and support individuals experiencing complex challenges.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and experience working in the AOD sector
• Experience delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions and recovery-focused support
• Strong understanding of complex presentations, including mental health, homelessness, family violence, and social disadvantage
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across services
• Confidence working autonomously, managing competing priorities, and responding to complex or high-risk situations
• A genuine commitment to social justice, client empowerment, and person-centred practice
• A current Victorian Driver Licence and willingness to undertake outreach work.

Why work for us? We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• We offer a workplace with a firm commitment to helping others.
• We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

How to apply:

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you! Please submit your updated CV and a cover letter telling us a little bit more about you and how your skills meet our key selection criteria in the position description available here.

Please note: Candidates may be reviewed and progressed as applications are received. VCV reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity.

Phone enquiries may be made to Karina Browne, STAR Clinical Coordinator on 0427 366 314.

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. This will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

VincentCare Victoria is an accredited Rainbow Tick organisation.

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

A position description is attached.