Senior Youth AOD Practitioner – OOHC & CALD Outreach

Youth Support and Advocacy Service; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 64,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging available

Superannuation

Job summary

Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) Sunshine VIC is seeking a Senior Practitioner to work across the KEYS OOHC and CALD AOD Outreach programs, delivering specialist AOD interventions and support to young people and their families.

The role requires leadership through case consultation and collaboration with care teams, focusing on trauma-informed practices and risk management within complex care contexts.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessment, treatment and care of young people with alcohol and other drug concerns.
• Knowledge of adolescent development and trauma-informed AOD practice.
• Ability to provide case consultation, mentoring and reflective practice.
• Understanding of complexities in Child Protection and out of home care with CALD/refugee/indigenous communities.
• Ability to balance engagement, risk management and collaborative care planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist AOD intervention and harm minimisation for young people in OOHC.
• Deliver secondary consultation to care teams and families.
• Support care coordination across KEYS OOHC and CALD AOD Outreach.
• Build partnerships with Child Protection and residential care services.

Skills

AOD intervention

Adolescent development

Trauma-informed practice

Case consultation

Mentoring & leadership

Risk management

Collaborative care

Education

CALD/OOHC knowledge

Job description

Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) Sunshine VIC is seeking a Senior Practitioner to work across the KEYS OOHC and CALD AOD Outreach programs, delivering specialist AOD interventions and support to young people and their families.

The role requires leadership through case consultation and collaboration with care teams, focusing on trauma-informed practices and risk management within complex care contexts.