Alcohol and other Drugs Worker

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative; Geelong; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative in Geelong West, VIC is seeking a dedicated role to deliver culturally appropriate health care focused on Social and Emotional Wellbeing and alcohol and drug outcomes for Aboriginal community members.

The role includes raising awareness, encouraging access to AOD services, and collaborating with the Health Service team and external agencies for referrals and case management, with some program development duties under a harm minimization approach.

Qualifications

• Qualifications or relevant experience in the alcohol and other drug discipline.
• Sound knowledge of issues affecting Aboriginal people, particularly within the Wathaurong community.
• Ability to liaise with health services and advocate for service users.

Responsibilities

• Raising awareness within the Aboriginal community on addressing alcohol and other drugs issues.
• Encouraging access to culturally appropriate AOD support services.
• Collaborating with Health Service teams and external agencies for effective referrals and case management.
• Contributing to harm minimization activities including health promotion and community linkage development.

Job description

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative – Geelong West VIC

Make a real difference to the local community

Full-Time, Ongoing

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The Role

The key purpose of this role is to provide culturally appropriate health care that contributes to improvement in Social and Emotional Wellbeing, and substance abuse outcomes of Aboriginal community members, through the provision of:

• Raising awareness within the Aboriginal community on how to take positive action to deal with alcohol and other drugs issues.
• Encouraging access to culturally appropriate alcohol and other drug support services.
• Collaboration with the Health Service team, other Wathaurong programs and external agencies to develop effective strategies for appropriate referral and case management of clients.
• This position also undertakes a few program development activities based on a harm minimization approach, including health promotion, information provision, education activities, development and maintenance of community linkages, referrals, counselling interventions, the provision of advice to generalist services, liaising with relevant programs and fulfilling an advocacy role on behalf of the service user.

About You

• Qualifications or relevant experience in the alcohol and other drug discipline
• Sound knowledge of issues affecting Aboriginal people, particularly within the Wathaurong community
• Demonstrated understanding of social, physical, economical, and cultural strengths and challenges affecting Aboriginal communities and their ability to access adequate and quality services.
• Suitable communication, advocacy and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to deal effectively with challenging behaviours.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and cooperatively as part of a team.
• Knowledge of and ability to effectively liaise with other health services including substance abuse services.
• The ability to set and maintain clear professional boundaries.
• 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.
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
• Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations
• *A police check, Working with Children Check, Vaccination Certificate and current Driver Licence are required for all positions.

About Us

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