• Leading Community Services Organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• 2x Part-Time Maximum Term positions until 30 June 2022
• Based at Port Phillip Prison Truganina

About the opportunity

We currently have a unique opportunity for an experienced Forensic AOD Clinician to join our team at Port Phillip Prison on a part-time maximum term basis. The role will be 0.6 FTE 3 days per week or 0.8 FTE working 4 days per week.

This position plays a critical role in the provision of effective Forensic AOD treatment through comprehensive assessments and treatment services using the Risk Need Responsivity Model, assisting prisoner to exit the prison system with the skills to assist them to live a substance and offence free life in the community.

You can view the full position description here

About you

As a Forensic AOD Clinician you will ensure the delivery of our programs within the prison environment. You will be responsible for providing psycho educational and therapeutic group programs, 1:1 counselling, and will work closely with prison officers and partner agencies.

To be successful in the role you will have relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing, or Allied Health Sciences, have four key competencies in AOD, qualifications in dual diagnosis or willingness to undertake, a current Victorian driver’s license, and experience working in the AOD sector, particularly with a forensic client base or in a corrections setting.

How to apply

If this sounds like you, apply today by submitting the following

• Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)
• Address the Core selection criteria in the position description

Applications close

Thursday 28 January 2021

Get in touch

Shane Brasier - Acting Manager of Forensic Services
T: 03 9217 7222

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.