AOD Care & Recovery Clinician

• Be part of a like-minded team with a strong belief in social justice
• Permanent part time, 4 days per week
• Based at Preston

As a Care and Recovery Clinician you will provide high quality engagement, assessment, treatment and support services to individuals and their families during the course of their Alcohol and Other Drug treatment plan.

Working as part of a dynamic team, you will ensure a consistent catchment-wide response to clients requiring AOD treatment and support across various AOD service streams; Intake and Assessment, Counselling, Care Coordination, Non Residential and Residential Withdrawal, Residential Rehabilitation and Youth services.

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Join an organisation where we don’t just provide a service. We use our connections, our size, our scale, and our knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to a base salary and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and have the ability to increase your take home pay with access to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits. Uniting also offers up to 10 weeks paid parental leave.

Ideally you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in a health or welfare related field such as Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or Allied Health Sciences
• A Certificate IV in AOD or have completed the core competencies (or willingness to complete within the first 24 months of employment)
• Competencies in dual diagnosis (or willingness to complete within the first 24 months of employment)
• Experience in the application of assessment, case management, case formulation, development of individual treatment plans and discharge planning
• Demonstrated experience working with complex and/or dual diagnosis clients

Click APPLY to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Keryn Ralph - Manager Catchment Clinical Services on 0447 200 *** or via email on ***********@vt.uniting.org

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org 

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking. 

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.