P00000201 Treatment Facilitator

Bring empathy and care to a fulling role that makes a real difference.
- Support to extend your knowledge through learning and development opportunities.
- Wellbeing programs to support you, while you support others.

At **Lives Lived Well, **we’ve been treating and supporting people whose lives are affected by alcohol and other drugs for over 50 years. We also support people with mental health and gambling concerns and those transitioning from correctional centres. We’re growing fast and building a reputation as a trusted, innovative provider, focused on clinical excellenceand we’d love you to be part of it.

If you share our belief in recovery, think in a curious and critical way, and thrive on learning and change, join us and do your best work here

**Your opportunity
**We are looking for a Treatment Facilitator to join our dedicated **Residential Service Team at Mirikai **which is based at **Burleigh Heads **on the beautiful Gold Coast. This is your opportunity to work in a multifaceted position where no day is the same.

As part of the **residential team **, you will undertake case management, provide Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) counselling, facilitate group programs and contribute to the day to day functioning of the residential community. The role requires a distinct Leadership quality that enables the incumbent to work in a high demand environment with a level of autonomy, expedience and efficacy.

**Specifically, you will undertake the following tasks in this position**:

- Provide high quality engagement, assessment and support services to clients, and their families
- Manage a case load of clients providing clinical support, service coordination, referral and advocacy to assist client in achieving their goals
- Follow up of any complex case management/conference matters - including service complaints, whilst ensuring supportive alignment of services to key stakeholder involvement.
- Ensure that client records, data collection and reporting are continuously updated, consistent with confidentiality and relevant practice standards.
- Supervise and manage risk where practicable, associated with clients residing in a residential treatment context - including high level complexity and dual diagnosis behavioural management.
- Facilitate group work and processes autonomously, including helping to develop program materials.

The salary range for the role is gross $88,761 to $92,773 annually plus super plus salary packaging.

This is a permanent, full-time position. The standard work hours are Monday to Friday, from 8 or 8:30am to 4 or 4:30pm, 4 days a week. You will have a 9pm finish time once a week, receiving penalty rates on top of your usual pay for this day.

**What you’ll bring**

To succeed in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need:

- Tertiary qualifications in social work, counselling or mental health
- Applied knowledge in contemporary evidence based AOD clinical practice
- Experience working in a residential treatment service delivery
- Sound knowledge of the potential risk elements specific to this type of environment
- Experience in developing and delivering education programs and group facilitation.
- Highly developed communication and engagement skills.

**What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means**:

- You are humble, human and full of hope.
- You show up and share.
- You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
- You leave a positive wake.

Why? We believe that through these values, we do our best work - for each other, for clients, and for the communities we work in. And it’s a promise we make to you about the kind of experience you will have working for us.

**Why work for Lives Lived Well?
Well, it’s about people, purpose, impact and growth.

You’ll love working with talented people who share our values. Our services and treatments are as diverse as the communities we work in. And we’ve grown significantly in the past few years, with no plans of slowing down.

**So, what does that mean for you? A real opportunity to go further**
- You’ll grow as a person and as a professional, extending your knowledge and skills beyond the norm.
- You’ll be trusted with autonomy in a supportive, respectful environment.
- You’ll make a lasting impact - on clients, the community and a team that cares as much as you.

**But it’s more than that.**

You’ll join a curious team that thinks differently and seeks new ways. We look to the evidence. We explore new ideas. And when we reach “better”, we ask, “What’s next?” Which means you’ll need to be comfortable with change - you’ll enjoy variety, the agility, and the opportunity to achieve more, faster.

And while you support others, we’ll support you with some great benefits, including:

- An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
- Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- Paid parental leave of 8 weeks.
- Regular clinical