• Fulltime position (1FTE)
• Classified under The position is classified as a Social and Community Services Award (SACS) Level 5 PayPoint 4 classification with salary at $101,787 + 11.5% super + Salary Packaging Benefits
• Deer Park location + Free onsite parking + WFH

The Opportunity:

• Be involved in the establishment of the new “Locals” – key mental health system transformation.
• Provide positive person centred and wellbeing supports for people experiencing mental ill health and emotional distress in conjunction with substance use disorders
• Link people to social and community services to improve health and wellbeing.
• Be a part of a dynamic multi-agency and multi-disciplinary team delivering integrated service responses.

About the Service

The Adult and Older Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing services, otherwise known as “Locals”, are a key recommendation from Victoria’s Royal Commission into the mental health service system. As such, the Locals are a key feature of the current system transformation.

The Locals will act as a front door to the mental health service system and will provide a continuum of care and support including clinical interventions, wellbeing supports, and therapeutic support through an integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug framework approach.

Mind Australia is the lead agency in a consortium for the Melton Local which comprises of IPC Health, Western Health, and Thorne Harbour Health. Our shared vision is a Local that delivers integrated support that puts the person accessing the service at the very centre of their treatment, support and care coordination using a range of evidence informed approaches. The consortium is committed to embedding lived and living experience and expertise within all aspects of the service including program design and evaluation, leadership, service delivery and governance.

The Position

The AOD clinician working at the Melton local with provide a recovery orientated approach to care to achieve positive changes to client outcomes. The AOD Clinician will utilise a trauma informed person centred, integrative approach to ensure clients are provided the required support in a compassionate, considerate manner.

You will make a difference by

• Provide specialised AOD counselling and therapeutic support utilising evidence informed interventions and modalities.
• Deliver AOD interventions to consumers who present with a dual diagnosis
• Have specialist skills in trauma informed care and provide care coordination and engagement with clients presenting with complex needs and presentations.
• Have relevant clinical experience and qualifications to support their work.
• Supporting inclusive and recovery focused interventions
• Being unwaveringly committed to consumer participation, clinical best practice, and the delivery of high-quality care that is safe, effective, and always person-centred.
• Fostering effective and collaborative working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of funding bodies, Lead agency Mind, and other Melton Local partners

To succeed, you will need.

• A tertiary qualification and 2 years’ experience in the following fields: nursing, social work, allied health, counselling, or community development.
• Excellent motivational interviewing and holistic wellbeing assessment skills.
• Proven experience empowering adults in a planned and structured way to improve health and wellbeing outcomes particularly with diverse and disadvantaged communities.
• Special interest in recovery models of care for clients presenting with co-occurring substance use disorder and mental health
• Understanding in Person centred, trauma informed approaches to care
• A current Victorian driver’s licence
• 4 core competencies in AOD or willingness to complete within the first 18months of employment

We will offer you:

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing, paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

• What next?

  If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Success Profile, submit your resume and respond to the Key Selection Criteria.

Email: [email protected] using the subject line: AOD Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are change makers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] using the subject line: AOD Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.

Success Profile