Community Support Worker, AOD. Maximum Term Full Time - Christies Beach

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   
 
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

 
About the role
We are looking for a dedicated and pro-active Community Support Worker to provide support to people referred to the innovative Assertive Outreach Drug and Alcohol Program, Next Steps in Christies Beach. A lived experience of alcohol and other drug concerns is favourable.

This is a full-time contract until 31 December 2025.

You will provide one to one psycho-social support services which focus on client - determination, empowerment, hope and belief that recovery from an addiction is possible. 

Key Responsibilities

• Build rapport and engage clients who are hesitant to engage in treatment and face a multitude of barriers for engagement.
• Support clients to develop their own support plans in partnership with Life Without Barriers, Community Mental Health services and carers.
• Liaise and collaborate with clients, their community and community support agencies such as mental health, housing, and other services to ensure an integrated and timely service.
• Monitor and review clients’ progress through the service and against the case plan.
• Seek to understand consumer's expectations.
• Sensitively ascertain information about the consumer's health, family and cultural background.
• Coordinate the delivery of services to clients and work with the client to utilise other referral agencies and services.
• Observe and accurately record the client's behaviour, needs and interactions with others and keep case plans and files up to date.

 Skills & Experience

• Minimum Certificate IV in Mental Health or Alcohol and Other Drugs.
• Current First Aid Certificate.
• Current Driver Licence.
• Experience in working in an assertive outreach setting.
• Previous experience in working with people with alcohol and other drugs addiction.
• Demonstrated ability to positively engage, interact and work with people who have complex needs.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Recovery Framework and the underlying principles.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds with specific reference to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

 Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
 
Benefits 

• Competitive base rate + 11.5% super
• Excellent salary sacrificing tax benefits incl. Meal Entertainment, novated leasing 
• A mobile phone and laptop 
• Discounted - health insurance, vehicle purchase, hire and servicing 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Divers and Inclusive organisation

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact dillon.vandewint@lwb.org.au with the subject heading ‘Community Support Worker AOD - SA.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight 5th December 2024.