Welfare Worker

1 week ago

Bendigo, Australia Bendigo Community Health Services Full time

Alcohol and Other Drugs Team
Welfare Worker
- Needle Syringe Program

21 hours per fortnight (0.276 FTE)
Ongoing Position

The Team
The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Team is a multi-disciplinary team, supporting consumers
requiring a range of treatment, support and education related to their use of alcohol and other
drugs (AOD). The team supports consumers along the continuum of AOD use from active using
to seeking access to stop their use with a pathway to recovery. The focus of the team is to
provide seamless treatment and support pathways, coordinated service and a range of
information and education interventions relating to harm reduction.

The Position

The Welfare Worker - Needle Syringe Program (NSP) works in the mobile NSP service, which
operates on a Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30pm to 11pm. This position will be rostered for 3
shifts per week. NSP provides sterile injecting equipment and disposal services within a harm
minimisation and health promotion framework to the City of Greater Bendigo. The program
delivers information and education covering a range of public health and harm reduction
issues including safer using practices, identifying and responding to high-risk injecting
blood borne virus (BBV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI).

About Bendigo Community Health Services
BCHS has cared for the health and wellbeing of the Bendigo community for 50 years. We
employ more than 280 people across a broad range of services.

The success of BCHS starts with our staff, who have a high level of professionalism and
dedication, allowing us to deliver quality services for the community, with a particular focus
on vulnerable people.
- Added benefits of working with BCHS include:

- Salary packaging
- Purchasing leave
- Study assistance
- Training programs
- Novated leasing
- Fitness Passport

Key Selection Criteria

1. A qualification in Community Services, Community Development, Youth Work, or other
health science related field or demonstrated experience working in a related field.

2. Demonstrated understanding of a range of related areas including; harm reduction,
illicit and legal drugs, blood-borne virus prevention, overdose prevention, overdose
response and management.

3. A willingness and capacity to work with marginalised and stigmatised communities
such as people who use drugs without judgement or discrimination.

4. Show evidence of well-developed written and verbal communication skills and sound
administration and data entry skills.

5. Demonstrated ability to develop consumer and community focused materials for
health education or health promotion activities.

6. Demonstrated ability to provide sensitive practice in response to consumer diversity.
7. Current First Aid and CPR Certification.
8. Ability to work after hours.
9. A current employee Working with Children Check and Driver’s Licence.
10. The successful applicant will also be required to undertake and complete a

Satisfactory National Police Check.

For further information about the position contact Peta Brady on 0461 382 027.

abilities.

Applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. Applicants are requested to contact People and Culture
on telephone 5406 1227 if an automatic acknowledgement has not been received.

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