Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD) Counsellor Case Manager - Beenleigh, Australia - Lives Lived Well

Description

The Lives Lived Well Service Hub in Beenleigh offers Counselling, Case Management, and group facilitation to provide ongoing support for people on their journey to recovery. We aim to provide our clients with a safe and comfortable environment where skilled clinicians support them in developing their own road to recovery.

We are looking for a part-time AOD Counsellor Case Manager to join our team based in Beenleigh, on a fixed term contract until June 2025. Standard working hours will be 8am to 4pm Monday to Thursday, however you will also be required to facilitate an after-hours virtual Group Therapy on a rostered basis, so some of your Wednesdays would be 11am to 7pm.

The salary for this role is $47.50 to $49.65 per hour, (depending on experience) plus Superannuation and Salary Packaging up to $15,900 per year.

Your Opportunity

As an AOD Counsellor Case Manager with Lives Lived Well you will support a diverse range of clients – providing assessment, counselling, case management and support services. Along with a great attitude and passion for your work, you will also have the following skills and attributes:

• Tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology, human services, occupational therapy, or other health related disciplines
• Ability to develop, facilitate and evaluate therapeutic group programs aimed at achieving client readiness for AOD residential treatment
• Excellent relationship and rapport building – you will be managing a caseload of clients with varying levels of complexity
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; self-managing and able to prioritise your own workload
• A proactive team player – you'll be part of a hard-working, collaborative multidisciplinary group
• Experience in, or knowledge of, evidence-based clinical frameworks
• A sound understanding of the professional, ethical, and legislative frameworks, including understanding and setting boundaries

You will be required to hold a Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and a valid Australian Drivers Licence.

But what matters most is that you will live and breathe our values, which means:

• You are humble, human, and full of hope
• You show up and share
• You ask: Why not? And what's next?
• You leave a positive wake

Why Work for Lives Lived Well?

We do our best work through our values, and you'll be part of our values-driven culture. This role gives you a chance to be part of a genuinely engaged team. You will have all the support and training you may need, with regular one to ones with your Team Leader, and participate in case conferencing and debriefs. You can see all our benefits on our website but some of them include:

• Opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients and gain valuable experience in the sector
• Five additional paid leave days per year (pro-rata)
• Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• An employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your family, including emotional, psychological, ?nancial counselling and wellbeing services

For more detailed information or to request a copy of the position description, contact Courtney Medell on

Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 10th May 2024, however we may be conducting interviews throughout the process.

Lives Lived Well is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural and gender backgrounds that reflect our community including First Peoples.

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