Community Team Leader - Drug & Alcohol T

Position DetailsReference Number 64980
Position Title Community Team Leader - Drug & Alcohol Treatment
Employment Type Full Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Drug & Alcohol / Mental Health Prgoram
Location Dandenong
Position Summary

• Full Time Position
• An excellent opportunity to grow your leadership and Drug and Alcohol skills
• Be part of a passionate and dynamic team

About Monash HealthMonash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes. Each year:

• We provide more than 3.6 million episodes of care to our community,
• More than 293,000 people are admitted to our hospitals,
• Close to 250,000 people receive care at our three emergency departments,
• We respond to more than 65,000 ambulance arrivals,
• We perform more than 55,000 surgical procedures, and
• We birth more than 10,000 babies

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential and contribution of all. Monash Health is also committed to the Child Safe Standards.About Us - Mental Health ProgramMonash Health Mental Health Services provides a range of community, bed-based and specialist services covering the Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash LGAs – a population of nearly one million. It has an operational budget of $130 million and employs approximately 820 EFT, representing over 1000 staff. The Program has a number of clinical units including three adult units (Casey, Dandenong and Clayton), an Early in Life Mental Health Service (comprising infant, child, and adolescent services), Young Persons’ Mental Health Service, Psychology and Specialist Services (PsySS), Drug & Alcohol service and Gender Dysphoria Clinic. Southern Synergy supports the Mental Health Programs with specialist research innovations.The program has five PARCS (Prevention and Recovery Care Services) which includes a specialist Women’s only PARCS, an Extended Care PARCS and Youth PARCS. The clinical service is supported by an aligned operational structure to enable the provision of high quality service through the creation of clinical-operational partnerships to support staff, patients, carers and their families, and a strong professional structure that supports the governance of the health professional workforce.Monash Health Drug & Alcohol ServicesThe Monash Health Drug & Alcohol Service (MHDAS) operationally reports through to the Mental Health Program and is committed to providing opportunities for change and growth by reducing drug use, the harms from drug use, improving physical and mental health, and reconnecting and or maintaining people’s connections to their family and the community. The principle catchment areas are the Cities of Greater Dandenong, Casey and the Shire of Cardinia with sites located in Dandenong, Pakenham, Cranbourne and Berwick. The service employs approximately 75 EFT staff and budget of approximately $12.5 million. We provide a wide range of services across the continuum of substance use and dependence.About the Role
Applications are invited for a dynamic and enthusiastic person to lead the multidisciplinary Drug & Alcohol Treatment Services team. Service components under the management of this role include services that form part of the South East Consortium of Drug & Alcohol Agencies (SECADA) which are assessment, counselling, non-residential withdrawal services, The youth outreach, youth supported accommodation, Alcohol & Drug Liaison Outreach Worker (ADLOW) and the Aboriginal Metropolitan Ice Partnership. Counselling includes both standard and complex presentations, forensic clients either self-referred or referred through ACSO COATS. This position will also maintain a counselling case load of standard and complex counselling clients meeting at least 11 courses of treatment each month.The position is also required to monitor and liaise with SECADA Services to ensure the effective running of this consortium to the best of the positions ability. The role will also provide support to the Community Services Manager and the Director Clinical Operations and other Team Leaders maintaining a board understanding of the needs of the service as a whole. Monthly reporting is required of operational management and financial progress to all cost centers within the responsibility of this role along with monthly and quarterly monitoring of KPI’s.The Team Leader will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality, accessible, holistic health care services; using consumer feedback in its development and review. The position will uphold Monash Health, the Drug & Alcohol Services and Mental Health Program’s Vision, Purpose and Values whilst being focused achieving the set Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and financial targets, and the formulation of KPI and financial targets where these have not yet been established. The role expectation includes the operational leadership and management of direct reports of managers and, in conjunction with the unit heads, medical staff within each streamWhat’s in it for you?You will be part of a dynamic changing environment that will have future growth. You will also have access to a range of corporate benefits, including salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take home pay and access to staff car parking. Monash Health employee benefits include:

• Salary packaging
• Onsite subsidised staff parking
• Discounted banking (BankVic)
• Onsite Gym
• Access to professional development courses and seminars

How to ApplyMonash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at .Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made. As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview. Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov. Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
Selection Criteria Experience working as senior clinician in the Drug & Alcohol SectorPost Grad Diploma or higher in Mental Health or Drug & Alcohol/Addiction studies
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