Peer Advocacy Response Training Initiative - Prahran, Australia - Star Health

Star Health

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Prahran, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:

Star Health
Prahran
Employment Type:
FT
Fixed Term
Department:
Coordinator
AOD Harm Reduction
Salary:
Two generous salary packaging options available**Peer Advocacy Response Training Initiative (PARTi) Worker

FTE 0.4 Fixed Term Part Time until June 2025*****
Job Reference No VAC1251
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Great Team Culture:

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Two generous salary sacrificing options:

Rewarding and Valuable work

BHN in partnership with Thorne Harbor Health, is funded to provide targeted harm reduction services and Health Promotion to late night venues and the people that attend them.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Peer worker to be a part of the Harm Reduction team and help develop initiatives aimed at reducing harms for people who take drugs that are normally associated with nightclubs and late-night venues.

These initiatives will involve online materials through the PARTi project's Instagram page Sesh.
Ed as well as working with venues and parties to promote safer practices.

Ideally, you will possess:

A professional qualification in Certificate IV in Alcohol & Other Drugs or similar/equivalent life/work experience.
Experience in providing and developing harm reduction training and resources.
Demonstrated ability to work with people in a nonjudgmental way drawing on their lived experience.
Excellent knowledge of A lived experience of drugs associated with late night venues and knowledge of the harms associated with them.
A clear understanding of the social model of health.

In Return we offer:

Standard tax

- free salary packaging amount

Great team culture
Rewarding and Valuable work
Greater inner city locations opposite South Melbourne & Prahran markets

What makes BHN Tick?

Better Health Network (BHN) encompasses more than 22 locations and has over 800 staff work in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver health and disability outcomes.

BHN is a responsive and agile community health service, providing a wide range of healthcare, social support, disability, and welfare services for all members of the community.

BHN provides services spanning all periods of life including specialist childhood, youth, and aged care services.

In achieving its vision of health and wellbeing for all, BHN is guided by our distinct service principles which include working with people and communities to achieve their health goals, understanding the context in which people live their lives, providing friendly, affordable, and holistic service.

- your values alignment
- your skills and experience in clinical governance
- your key skills and expertise against the relevant criteria listed above.

**Closing Date: Friday 14th July 2023