Aod Complex Case Manager

Job Description

**Posting Start Date**:06/11/2024**Req ID**:2108**Job Title**:AOD Complex Case Manager**Employment Status**:Fixed Term Part Time**Job Location**:Frankston- **Join the AOD Program at Peninsula Health**:

- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations**:

- **Supportive, friendly, and welcoming team**
- **Classification Range: COMM DEV WKR CL3 YR4 (ON40), SOC WKR GR2 YR 4 (SC24), RN GR3B YR1 COMM HEALTH (ZJ1)**

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**Who We Are and What We Stand For**
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision, we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**
This clinical role that sits within the suite of services provided by Peninsula Health’s (PH) AOD Program and is based at the Tarnbuk Centre Frankston, and will be required to work across other sites including the Pharmacotherapy Clinic sites to meet demand.

The position involves providing evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for people who are experiencing AOD related issues who live within Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.

The AOD Complex Case Manager will work within the Reach Out program to provide AOD Interventions and case coordination to patients of the P.H Pharmacotherapy Clinic.

The AOD Complex Case Manager is required to demonstrate clinically meaningful progress towards client-centred goals, including: reduced use of AOD, reductions in AOD-related harms, improved quality of life and improved mental wellbeing including the provision of some brief interventions.

Within PH AOD Program, AOD staff work as part of a multidisciplinary team and are required to provide shared-care for some clients.

For a further indepth description, please see - AOD Complex Case Manager Position Description

**What You Need**

Essential Criteria:
**- **Tertiary qualifications appropriate to the position such as Social Work, Counselling or Nursing or currently working towards qualification.
**- **Completed the AOD Skill Set (AOD Core Competencies)
- Demonstrated experience working with at-risk and vulnerable people with dual diagnosis
- Demonstrated experience in working both independently and as a part of a multi
- disciplinary team, with the ability to work effectively, supportively and flexibly
- Demonstrated knowledge in providing evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for dual diagnosis
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing tasks and effectively prioritise.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and evidence based practice.
- Well-developed written, verbal, interpersonal and computer literacy and communication skills
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement activities.
- Understanding of the Child Information Sharing Scheme, the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme and MARAM - Multi Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework

**What Next**


Advertising Closing Date: 17th November 2024

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**Additional Requirements**

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
- Please refer to salary circular for ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (VICTORIAN PUBLIC SECTOR) (SINGLE INTEREST EMPLOYERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021 - 2025 or NURSES AND MIDWIVES (VICTORIAN PUBLIC SECTOR) (SINGLE INTEREST EMPLOYERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2024 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience. It is strongly recommended that this role is up to date with Covid-19 vaccination.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.