Comorbidity Clinician

Posted: 16/04/2024

Closing Date: 14/05/2024

Salary: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00

Job Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Offsite

Job Category: Healthcare & Medical

**Who are we?**

Sonder is an inclusive, not-for-profit organisation that has been providing better quality health and support services to the South Australian community since 1993. We support thousands of people each year to access services across seven key domains - Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Alcohol and/or other Drugs, Employment, Community Health, Disability, and Homelessness

**What benefits can we offer?**

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

- Salary (excluding super) paid above award and reviewed annually
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development allowance provided yearly
- Generous salary packaging options - increase your take home pay by 6-12%
- 17.5% Leave Loading
- Modern and welcoming office spaces
- Christmas Closure Bonus Leave (above annual leave entitlements)
- Training opportunities
- Meal & entertainment allowances
- Paid parental leave, and much more

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

**Hours**:We offer both Full-Time and Part-Time positions (minimum 0.4 FTE) to suit your preferences.

**Location**:Primarily based at Hutt Street Centre. Home visits may be required as well as visits to other Sonder sites when required.

**About the Role**:
Sonder and Hutt St Centre are collaborating to deliver a unique mental health and allied health service for people experiencing homelessness.

The Comorbidity Clinician/s will work as part of a multidisciplinary allied health team to deliver evidence-based interventions to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions.

This role will have a focus on harm minimisation, brief interventions, delivery of counselling/therapy and linkages to external services and providers.

**Experience Requirements**:

- A minimum 2-years supervised therapeutic and clinical experience in the area of AOD and/or Comorbidity (AOD & MH).
- A minimum 2-years relevant professional development and or supervision.
- Experience in delivery of evidence based AOD & MH interventions such as cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, recovery orientated interventions, and harm minimisation interventions.
- Experience in care coordination in a AOD and/or Mental Health Setting.
- Demonstrated experience working within a fast-paced environment.

**Qualification and Other Requirements**:

- Drivers Licence
- Current or willing to obtain a Working with Children's Check (WWCC)
- A Tertiary Qualification in health, welfare, social or behavioural science with demonstrated extensive advance practice experience or knowledge in the minimum core competencies from the CHCSS00093 Alcohol and Drug Skill Set.
- Current Child Safe Environments.

**How to apply**: