AoD Community Engagement Officer
AoD Community Engagement Officer
Our AoD Program delivers short-term clinical case management to identified clients requiring support with alcohol and other substance use.
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Mental Health
- Contract or Temp
Key points
- Contract until 30 June 2022
- Iconic organisation
- Generous salary packaging
Description
AoD Community Engagement Officer
Contract until 30 June 2022 – Dubbo
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia South Eastern Section (RFDSSE) provides comprehensive health services to rural and remote communities in far west NSW, SA and QLD.
Our AoD Program delivers short-term clinical case management to identified clients requiring support with alcohol and other substance use. The team work closely with local GP’s, community mental health teams and other service providers. The successful applicant will use evidence-based methods in both individual and group approaches to support clients to reduce their substance use and minimize related harms.
Additional activities may include; health promotion; community level education; education to GP’s and other health service providers; school-based education; and holistic health screening initiatives. The AoD Community Engagement Officers will work closely with AoD Clinicians (RFDSSE positions) and other stakeholders such as GP’s, community mental health services, community referral services, and community members.
On some days, this varied role will take you to remote communities, other days you will undertake engagement activities by telephone or Skype, or face to face at one of our hub locations. There will be overnight travel required when attending remote locations.
Essential Criteria:
- Qualifications and experience in community engagement,
- Experience in an outreach setting or a drug and alcohol related field such as social work, psychology, social science, community services or health.
- Competent and confident in networking, community development, advocacy and working in partnership preferably in a rural and remote setting.
- Counselling in one on one and group settings will be an advantage.
- Exceptional professional satisfaction
- Salary packaging benefits
- Opportunity to work in outback Australia with an iconic organisation providing a valuable service to rural and remote communities
Our Values of Reliability, Care, Trust and Safety form shape the way we work as individuals, as team members and with the communities we serve.
For more information about the position, please contact David Honeysett on 0447 610 846
Any published closing dates are estimated, the RFDSSE aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.
RFDSSE is an equal opportunity employer
