Aod Peer Practitioner

3 days ago

Port Adelaide, Australia Sonder AU Full time

Posted: 09/09/2024

Closing Date: 23/09/2024

Salary: $73,795.28 - $85,120.36

Job Type: Contract

Location: Kaurna Country, Sonder Port Adelaide

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**:This is a 1.0 FTE position and is fixed term for parental leave backfill for 12 months.

**Location**:Port Adelaide

**About the Role**:
The AOD Peer Support Worker will work as part of a multidisciplinary AOD team to deliver focused evidence based treatment options for individuals experiencing substance dependence wishing to undergo in-home withdrawal.

The AOD Peer Support Worker will draw on their lived experience to engage with clients and their families/carers across the program’s full spectrum of care

**Experience Requirements**:

- Demonstrated experience in working with the practice principles of peer work to use own lived experience, and experiential knowledge to share information, skills and strategies that support and promote therapeutic optimism with clients, families, carers and staff.
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in the provision of peer support for people who have AOD dependence and the provision of psychosocial supports and non-crisis interventions to AOD clients and families/friends.
- Has experienced AOD substance dependence as well as demonstrated successful management and maintenance over an extensive period of time

**Qualification and Other Requirements**:

- Drivers Licence
- Current or willing to obtain a Working with Children's Check (WWCC)
- Allied Health Qualification ie Social Work, or Occupational Therapy, or relevant undergraduate tertiary qualification ie psychology and experience in the AOD sector
- Certificate IV or higher in Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Current National Police Check
- Current Child Safe Environments

**How to apply**:
Applications close 23/09/2024

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