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PICYS Drug Education Support Service is the only Western Australian Mental Health Commission funded DESS position working in a non crisis transitional supported accommodation service across scattered properties, unlike the crisis accommodation services operating with a congregate residential household.

The position can be 0.8 fte up to full time, mainly on Mondays to Fridays between 9am and 5pm in West Leederville, WA.

Below are the Selection Criteria to be addressed in the cover letter.

selection criteria

• Ability to work alongside young people experiencing homelessness, disconnection from a supportive family or similar.
• Ability to provide Alcohol and Other Drug  (AoD) education to young people both in Brief Interventions and focused Groupwork.
• Ability to provide AoD practice guidance and deliver internal professional development to Youthwork team colleagues.
• Ability to work in a strength based approach, acknowledging harm minimisation and trauma informed practices.
• Ability to work as the specialist AoD worker in a team approach and maintain Drug Education Support Services (DESS) case notes and data collection.
• Suitable qualification and or experience in both Youthwork and Alcohol and Other Drug (AoD) services.

PICYS is an inclusive employer and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people who identify in the LGBTIQA+ community to consider applying.

For enquiries contact Dani Wright Toussaint at [email protected] or via 0407272281, or Andrew Hall at [email protected] or 0403452180. For all enquiries pleaseusing the subject line: Drug Education & Support Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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An Application Form is attached below, please include this in your application.

A full Position Description is also attached below.

Applications will be processed as they are received.