Aboriginal Health Worker, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service

Looking for a way to make a real impact on our community? Be at the forefront of a dynamic workforce utilising innovative, evidence-based skills and interventions to professionally support people requesting assistance with alcohol and drug use.

With a rewarding career in alcohol and other drugs, you can be part of the vibrant and professional team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

**Our benefits**:

- A collaborative, teams-based multi-disciplinary approach to patient care
- Engaging and intellectually stimulating work
- A team that is inclusive, respectful, and values the diverse communities it serves
- A position dedicated to empowering others to achieve their goals
- Salary packaging and novated leasing - increase your take-home pay.
- Fitness discounts - focus on your health and wellbeing.
- Growth - access to professional and personal development.
- Team culture - work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time / Part Time (68 weeks)
**Position Classification**: Aboriginal Hlth Worker
**Remuneration**: $62,512 - $90,357 per annum, pro rata
**Hours Per Week**: up to 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ553642
**NSW Health supports flexible work arrangements; the location of this role may be successfully negotiated within the Northern New South Wales Local Health District sites.**:
**About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)**

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

**You care. We care.**Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

The alcohol and other drugs team work for the greater good through an open, flexible and dynamic, strengths-based approach. We listen to understand, not label.**We are an inclusive and committed team where**staff are encouraged to bring their whole self to work and are proud that our**team is as diverse as the vibrant communities we support.

**What you’ll be doing**:
Using innovative, evidence-based skills and interventions, you will professionally support individuals seeking assistance with alcohol and drug use. You will take a trauma-informed approach and provide respectful, person-centred care, tailored to individual’s needs. Central to your role will be employing an individualised, holistic approach to care, incorporating comprehensive care planning to address the diverse physical, emotional, and social aspects of each person’s journey.

**About the role**

Providing flexible, holistic and culturally sensitive health services to Aboriginal clients and the community through the Alcohol and Other Drugs Service. The key purpose is to achieve better health outcomes and improve access to health services for Aboriginal people.

**People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.**

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NNNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

An applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions.
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**Applications Close: 11 March 2025**
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