Community Health Worker / Needle & Syringe Program

Calling all Community Development Workers

Various casual positions available

Located at our Collingwood and Footscray Sites

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Why work for us:

You will be in joining a health service which will see you working in a fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment, where every employee plays a critical role in our ongoing success. You will enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• Variety in work and a sense of achievement;
• Competitive Remuneration based on skills, knowledge and experience
• Salary packaging
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

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The cohealth AOD Response team, consisting of AOD North and West, is a specialist AOD primary health service, providing holistic health and harm reduction services to people who use drugs (PWUD). Three teams operate from the Northern site: harm reduction, primary care and AOD counselling.

AOD Response North offers a medical practice as well as nursing and allied health, counselling and Needle & Syringe Program (NSP), and a drop-in service that is staffed by community health workers.

The role of the Community Health Worker is to deliver effective, friendly and efficient services to clients by:

• Providing engagement and support, including advocacy and liaison
• Providing information and referral to appropriate services both within cohealth and externally
• Working to facilitate the delivery of pharmacotherapies in collaboration with GPs and other service providers
• Promoting health and risk reducing behaviours amongst PWUD
• NSP duties as required at sites across cohealth
• Working with PWUD in a sensitive, confidential and non-judgmental manner.

To be successful for this role you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. AOD, community development, social work) Certificate IV or higher, with minimum two years relevant work experience.
• The ability to engage with service users in a warm, non-judgemental manner, demonstrate a strong customer service focussed approach and where appropriate engage the client in harm reduction brief interventions, education and/or information and referral
• Demonstrated understanding of harm reduction as it applies to people who use drugs (PWUD), including the transmission and prevention of blood borne viruses (Hepatitis B and C, HIV and STIs). Demonstrated commitment to the principles of harm reduction and the ability to translate them into practical strategies
• The ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively to achieve quality outcomes in a busy, client-focussed environment.
• Lived experience is highly regarded.

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If this sounds good, then great! Don’t delay: apply now to help take our community – and your career – to new heights!.

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This position will be paid under the Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2013 – 2015, Community Development worker, Class 2A, SCHADS 4.

To be considered for the role, you must address the key selection criteria found in the attached Position Description.

Applications close on 26^th March