• Casual
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live.

Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role.

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About the role

The Harm Reduction Worker provides onsite and outreach harm reduction services to individuals and groups. Improving health, wellbeing, and inclusion amongst People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) is the key purpose of this position.

The program engages community provides support and advocacy, education, brief intervention, linkages to treatment and referral services. Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Devising and delivering education activities both onsite and on an outreach basis according to need
• Establish and maintain active network links to connect people who use drugs with welfare, support, and other community services
• Development and ongoing maintenance of effective networks and consultative processes

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, Certificate IV or higher, with minimum two years relevant work experience
• Sound knowledge of the health and social issues for people who use drugs such as blood borne virus prevention, pharmacotherapy treatment, stigma, discrimination, and the service system
• Demonstrated understanding of harm reduction as it applies to people who use drugs, including the transmission and prevention of blood borne viruses

Application Process

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Dean Rogut at [email protected], using the subject line: Harm Reduction Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses).Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

To apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6695762. Applications close 08 December 2024.