Dual Diagnosis Clinician - AOD

Anglicare Victoria; Mildura; On-site; AUD 104,000 - 127,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Rainbow Tick Accreditation

Inclusive employer recognition

Job summary

Anglicare Victoria is launching a new statewide Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) service, delivering specialist interventions across Mildura. The role offers autonomy within an outreach-based model and involves partnering with courts and community services to support individuals with substance use challenges.

The ideal clinician has experience in AOD assessment, counselling and treatment, trauma-informed and recovery-focused approaches, and can travel between locations while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Experience delivering alcohol and other drug assessment, counselling and treatment interventions.
• Strong understanding of AOD practice, dual diagnosis, harm minimisation and recovery approaches.
• Confidence engaging people with complex challenges, trauma and disadvantage.
• Strong assessment, formulation and treatment planning skills.
• Ability to build relationships across courts, community services and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-informed AOD interventions across the Mildura region.
• Complete comprehensive AOD assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Provide counselling, psychoeducation and brief interventions.
• Support participants to understand their substance use and develop recovery strategies.
• Apply harm minimisation, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented approaches.
• Manage own caseload and schedule within a supportive team.

Skills

AOD assessments

Counselling skills

Trauma-informed practice

Outreach travel

Education

Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Community Services (or related)

Cert IV AOD or demonstrated AOD competencies

Job description

• Part-time position, 0.6 (3 days)|permanent|SCHADS Level 6
• Take your AOD expertise beyond traditional settings and support people at a critical point in their lives
• Deliver therapeutic AOD support across Mildura through a flexible, outreach-based model

Your new role

Anglicare Victoria is launching a new statewide Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) service supporting participants involved in Victoria’s therapeutic court programs, including the Assessment and Referral Court (ARC) and Court Integrated Services Program (CISP).

We are seeking an experienced AOD Clinician, delivering specialist AOD interventions across Mildura.

This is an opportunity for a clinician who enjoys autonomy, variety and relationship-based practice. Providing evidence-informed AOD support to people experiencing substance use challenges, mental health concerns and complex life circumstances.

You will have the opportunity to build a new way of working combining clinical expertise, outreach practice and therapeutic justice to support people to make meaningful change.

What is ARC and CISP?

ARC and CISP provide support to people involved in the justice system by addressing the underlying challenges that can contribute to ongoing offending, including alcohol and other drug use, mental health concerns, housing instability and social disadvantage.

You will work with participants referred through the courts and provide flexible service delivery based on individual circumstances through face-to-face appointments, outreach, telephone and online engagement.

This role is suited to clinicians who enjoy working independently, adapting their approach and building strong relationships across different services and communities.

Make Your Mark

Deliver evidence-informed AOD interventions

• Complete comprehensive AOD assessments and develop appropriate treatment plans.
• Provide counselling, psychoeducation and brief interventions based on participant needs.
• Support participants to understand their substance use and develop strategies for recovery.
• Apply harm minimisation, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented approaches.

Work across courts and communities

• Provide AOD services across Mildura.
• Build relationships with court teams, justice partners and community services.
• Adapt service delivery to meet the needs of the community.

Support people through meaningful change

• Help participants address the relationship between substance use, wellbeing and offending.
• Connect participants with broader AOD, mental health, housing and community supports.
• Support participants through short-term, outcome-focused interventions.

Work with autonomy and professional judgement

• Manage your own caseload and schedule within a supportive team environment.
• Use your clinical expertise to determine the most effective way to engage each participant.
• Contribute ideas and innovation as part of a new statewide service.

About You

You are an experienced AOD clinician who enjoys variety, autonomy and the opportunity to make a difference through flexible service delivery.

You will bring:

• Experience delivering alcohol and other drug assessment, counselling and treatment interventions.
• Strong understanding of AOD practice, dual diagnosis, harm minimisation and recovery approaches.
• Confidence engaging people experiencing complex challenges, trauma and disadvantage.
• Strong assessment, formulation and treatment planning skills.
• Ability to build relationships across courts, community services and multidisciplinary teams.
• Confidence working independently, managing competing priorities and travelling between locations.

Previous court experience is not required. We are looking for clinicians who are curious, adaptable and motivated by the opportunity to apply their skills in a new therapeutic justice environment.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Community Services or related discipline.
• Cert IV AOD or demonstrated AOD competencies.
• Current Victorian Driver Licence.

Desirable:

• Experience working with complex needs, justice-involved populations or community-based services.
• Experience delivering outreach or mobile service models.
• Understanding of therapeutic justice approaches.

What makes this such a great role for you?

• Working from a central office location in Mildura.
• Part time, 0.6, 22.8 hours per week.
• You get access to salary packaging which decreases the tax you pay so you get even more of your salary in your back pocket.
• SCHADS level 6 starting at $115,339 + super.
• Full induction to help set you up for success.
• Access to discounted health insurance, Fitness Passport, free Employee Assistance, Salary Packaging and a range of other employment benefits supporting your physical and mental health.
• A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition.

What our people say-“There’s a kindness in the way the organisation deals with its people. It still feels like a smaller agency, with that sense that it has amazing influence, which is led from the top, but then there’s this respect between the regions as well. It’s like it’s family, but it's so influential in the industry as well.”

Ready to take the next step:

You can download the position description here: Senior Alcohol & Drug Counsellor PD AOD E AW6 022025 V1.2.pdf

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability