Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 12th May 2020
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for qualified Alcohol & Other Drug Counsellors to join Life Without Barriers’ specialist drug and alcohol treatment program, with the positions based in Port Augusta. This is a part-time role (0.8FTE) available from 29th June 2020 until June 30th 2023, with potential for extension.
The AOD Counsellor will provide 1:1 and group support options which aim to reduce AOD related harms to individuals. The counsellor conducts assessments and provides a range of counselling interventions to assist clients to change harmful behaviours and increase their capacity to effectively manage the problems they are experiencing associated with AOD use and promote recovery.
A minimum qualification of Cert IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs is required. Qualifications to undertake Police Drug Diversionary Interventions will also be considered favourably. You will also require a current Driver Licence and a current DHS/DCSI Working With Children clearance.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).