Do you want to be part of an innovative organisation that makes a real difference?

At Sonder, we’ve been helping people across South Australia to improve their wellbeing and live better lives since 1993. We support thousands of people each year with mental health challenges, drug and alcohol use concerns, chronic disease management and employment.

You may have noticed recently that Sonder has been advertising a large number of role opportunities - this is all due to our significant growth which has resulted in us being able to support more people in more communities.

Whilst our growth has led to us now employing over 300 people, we’ve made sure to retain our friendly culture and practical approach. When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

• Flexible working arrangements;
• Generous salary packaging options;
• Meal & entertainment allowances;
• One week bonus Christmas leave (in addition to annual leave entitlements)
• Financial support for interstate relocation
• Paid parental leave, and much more!

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

Working Location: Gawler Barossa region. Working from our Nuriootpa office outreaching to Gawler and the Barossa.

Status: Part-time (0.5 FTE) Contract Position

Funding secured until 30 June 2023

Thank you for your interest in applying for the role of AOD Clinician with Sonder.

The AOD Clinician will work as part of a multidisciplinary Mental Health & Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) team to deliver evidence-based interventions to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. The goal of management is to allow AOD treatment to continue without mental health symptoms disrupting the treatment process, and to retain clients in treatment who might otherwise discontinue treatment.

Treatment will aim to reduce AOD related harms and co-occurring mental health symptoms by conducting assessments and providing a range of brief interventions, psychological interventions and care coordination to assist individuals to change behaviour patterns and increase capacity to effectively manage problems they are experiencing associated with AOD use and promote recovery.

Working in a primary care setting AOD Clinicians will be responsible for providing integrated treatment services to individuals presenting with harms related to AOD substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns.

Certificate IV or higher in Alcohol and Other Drugs (or equivalent) and/or

Allied Health Qualification i.e. Social Work, Psychology or Occupational Therapy, or relevant undergraduate tertiary qualification is required for this role.

Delivery of focused psychological therapies and experience in the AOD sector is a must.

How to apply

Applicants are requested to send a covering letter, addressing the key selection criteria, and resume to Sonder via our careers portal on our website.

All enquiries to [email protected], using the subject line: AOD Clinician enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Full position descriptions are available at http://sonder.net.au/careers/