Counsellor - Alcohol and Drug Services

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia ACT Health Full time

**Description**

**Employment Type**: Full Time, Permanent
**Classification**: Health Professional Level 3 (PN 20236)
**Salary**: $99,819 - $110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**: Canberra Health Services
**Section**: Alcohol and Drug Services
**Closing Date**: 29 April 2024

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.- Flexible working conditions.- 11.5% Superannuation.- ***

**About the Role**:
The Alcohol and Drug Services is a part of the division of Mental Health, Justice Health, and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS), which is contemporary, evidence-based service providing high quality Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) guided by the principles of harm minimisation.

The ADS incorporate 7 areas including the Opioid Treatment Services, Medical Services, Consultation and Liaison Service, 10 bed Inpatient Withdrawal Service, Police and Court Drug Diversion Service, Drug Alcohol Sentencing List and Counselling and Treatment Services which includes Youth Alcohol & Drug Program (12-25 years old).

Alcohol and Drug Services provides information, advice, referral, intake, assessment, and support for ACT residents struggling with substance use issues. We offer services for individuals, their family and friends, general practitioners, other health professionals, and business and community groups. This also includes the provision of high-quality liaison with external stakeholder, consumers and staff of Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services.

The role is a mandatory qualified position and will require recent demonstrated experience in the provision of comprehensive assessments, ability to provide a range of psychological/counselling treatments and group work to adults. All team members are required to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the **_Position Description_**_._
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.***

**To Apply**:
**Please submit a copy of your CV along with a cover letter or 2 x page pitch responding to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

**Our **Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our **Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
- Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution._
- North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities._

**Job**: Allied Health

**Salary Range**: 99,819.00 - 110,398.00

**Closing Date**: 29/Apr/2024, 8:59:00 AM

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