• Leading AOD Community Services Organisation
• Work within a culture committed to supporting a dedicated values-led workforce
• Make a difference to people’s lives in a client facing role
• Salary negotiable starting from $98,000, plus super, 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging benefits

Odyssey House Victoria is a place of hope and positive change for individuals working towards breaking their pattern of addiction. At Odyssey House we believe that every person should have the opportunity to change and grow. Our diverse teams work with individuals, families, and communities to reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, improve mental health, and reconnect people to their family and the community. Odyssey House is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation committed to excellence in service provision and innovation in responding to alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use problems.

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Who we are looking for

We are looking for a skilled, driven, and compassionate Senior Clinician who wants to excel in their chosen career and genuinely care about their community. Are you willing to work together to make a difference to someone’s life?

What we can give YOU!

We are committed to creating an inclusive and transparent workplace culture where our people can develop to be their very best. We believe in giving people real flexibility in their work. Our Workplace Flexibility policy enables our staff to be great at work, and great at home too! OHV employees have access to generous employee benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum.
• Flexible work arrangements including 48/52 purchased leave.
• A vast array of training and professional development opportunities
• A progressive workplace culture committed to making your workplace experience an engaging and rewarding one.

The position

The position is offered as a full time, maximum term contract to 30 June 2024. Part time and flexible working hours will be considered for the right applicant. The position is based at Richmond, with regular travel to other locations.

Odyssey House Victoria works with families experiencing domestic and family violence, substance misuse and mental health issues underpinned by intergenerational trauma and entrenched poverty. The link between sexual abuse and problematic substance use is commonly seen in alcohol and other drug treatment services.

Westpac Banking Corporation established the Westpac Scale Grant as part of the Safer Children, Safer Communities work program. Odyssey House Victoria has been awarded a grant to help scale the existing ‘Kids in Focus’ (KIF) program to better address intergenerational child sexual abuse in highly vulnerable families where there is parental alcohol and other drug use.” KIF is an outreach parenting support and case management program working with families where one or more parents has problematic alcohol and other drug use. The key purpose is to increase parenting capacity, life skills and social connection, and decrease risk to children and their families.

The funding over the next three years will allow Odyssey House Victoria’s existing ‘Kids in Focus’ program to better address intergenerational child sexual abuse in highly vulnerable families where there is parental alcohol and other drug use. This position provides secondary consultation and expert advice on dealing and responding to child sexual abuse.

The position leads the team of specialist AOD family support clinicians to work with, recognise, respond to and preventing the risk of child sexual abuse alongside the range of child focused activities and home-based support provided. The position also provides support to the Manager, Child & Family Services including staff supervision, fundraising, networking, program development and evaluation and carries a caseload of families to whom it provides practical and emotional goal-focused support (including home-based support).

The key purpose of the position is to achieve improved responsiveness from within the alcohol and other drug sector and across other service sectors to the needs of children and their families with a specific lens of recognising and responding to the risks of child sexual abuse.

A day in the life of this position includes:

• Facilitating case reviews of other family clinicians
• Providing secondary consultation and case oversight of highly vulnerable families
• Liaising with other services
• Assisting with the development of Best Practice learning materials to up-skill the AOD and Family Services workforce to recognise, respond to and preventing the risk of child sexual abuse
• Participating in the evaluation of the role, visiting families in their homes to provide support, counselling, referral, and linking parents to drug treatment services

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have excellent attention to detail
• Possess well-developed planning and organisational skills
• Be approachable and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Be a team player who is supportive of your colleagues
• Be driven by your moral values, which will be aligned to those of Odyssey House

How to apply

To submit your application click Apply Now.

The full position description can be found below.

Please remember to address your application to Anne Tidyman, Manager: Child & Family Services, and include your CV and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria.

If you have any questions relating to the position, please contact Anne Tidyman on 0466 268 932, or at [email protected] using the subject line: Child Sexual Abuse Senior Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our commitment to diversity

At OHV we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions by encouraging people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, LGBTQIA, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Safety screening

OHV is committed to child safety and is a child safe organisation. All OHV employees must undergo Police Records and Working with Children Checks. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with us.

Mandatory COVID vaccinations

Due to recent Victorian Government mandatory vaccination requirements for the health industry, all Odyssey House Victoria staff effective 15 October 2021 are required to hold full vaccination status. Evidence of full vaccination status will be requested during the onboarding process.

All Odyssey House Victoria sites are smoke free for all employees