• Make a real difference to the local community
• Access to Salary Packaging
• X 1 Part Time Leadership position

The Role

Step Thru Care (STC) is a service led by Neami National in conjunction with Windana Drug and Alcohol Recovery, Drummond Street Services and Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative. Our innovative approach to integrated care ensures that Step Thru Care (STC) truly meets the needs of the Geelong Otway’s consumers. STC provides culturally safe, person-centred, recovery-oriented care, utilising a trauma lens, which is particularly critical for consumers with intersectional needs. STC delivers Low Intensity Individual/Group Supports, Structured Psychological Therapies, and Higher Intensity Programs.

As a Child and Youth Mental Health/AOD Clinician, you will have a background in and be registered as an Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, or Psychologist. 

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary recovery-focused team providing high quality support to consumers of the Step Thru Care Service. You will work in close collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team inclusive of a MH/AOD Clinicians, specialist family clinician, a nurse practitioner, care coordinators, specialist LGBTQI+, AOD, and mental health peer support workers. 

Drawing on your disciplinary skills, you will engage with consumers, the consumers treatment team, their family, friends, and carers to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for consumers and help them to recover from the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol. You will play an active role in disciplinary knowledge sharing with your colleagues and creating a reciprocal learning environment for staff. 

About You

The successful candidate will have:

Essential

• Formal tertiary qualification in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
• Proven clinical experience to apply evidence-based interventions including understanding of theoretical concepts within mental health and AOD sciences and their application to mental health and AOD issues and problems, when working with children, youth, and families/carers.
• Knowledge of safe and appropriate culturally centred practices for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander focused services, including employment of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
• Demonstrated understanding of social, physical, economical, and cultural strengths and challenges affecting Aboriginal communities and their ability to access adequate and quality services.
• Experience working as a member of a multi- disciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation.
• Experience in preparation of reports with recommendations 
• All staff are required to adhere to Wathaurong immunisation and vaccination policy directives to minimise the risk of vaccine preventable diseases to protect workers, other employees, consumers, and visitors.
• Understanding of the purpose and expectations of the Victorian Child Safe Standards and demonstrated commitment to contributing to a child safe organisation in both practice and culture.

Desirable

• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
• Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.
• Experience working across a range of Commonwealth and State funded mental health/AOD programs and ensuring program implementation is in line with funding requirements and contracts.

*A police check, Working with Children Check, and current Driver License are required for all positions.

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Please visit our website for further information: www.wathaurong.org.au.

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