Job description
Join Windana: Where our mission is to help people rebuild their lives.
Windana invites you to be part of our Life-Changing mission, where your expertise will be the driving force behind transforming lives affected by people experiencing challenges with alcohol and other drugs, family violence, mental health concerns and social disadvantage.
- Location: Frankston
- Learn and use innovative model that improves outcomes for young people
- Leading Not-For-Profit that makes a difference to the lives of clients
- Salary packaging options to enhance your take-home income.
- Supportive and inclusive team environments
Why Windana?
We are a leading Victorian-based drug and alcohol treatment organisation. In November 2023, Windana & Taskforce merged into a single organisation – positioning us strongly for the future, extending our reach to more people with more services. With a combined history spanning almost 50 years, Windana is committed to making a positive impact.
About the program and role
ResetLife is a structured intensive outpatient program for young people up to the age of 25 attending three days at our Youth Hub for individual and group treatment and encouraged to attend informal support (specifically SMART Recovery and 12-step programs) on other days.
The structured program involves 16 weeks of intensive treatment, followed by 36 weeks continuing care. In the first 16 weeks, participants attend:
- Individual/family therapy sessions
- Early recovery skills group (psycho-education on skills to achieve sobriety)
- Relapse prevention group (2x per week for specific skills to prevent relapse)
- Youth education group (information to encourage ongoing abstinence)
- Social support (building social skills for a healthier life)
About you
A self-driven, credible and experienced professional with a natural ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team to implement and deliver the intensive outpatient treatment service to individuals experiencing complex and problematic alcohol and other drug use.
We are seeking a dedicated professional who will ensure structural and clinical fidelity of the treatment model by encouraging utilisation of the manualised treatment material as prescribed, monitoring consistency of scheduling and facilitation of all individual and group sessions.
You may be the one if:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Senior role or leadership comparable role.
- You have relevant health and/or tertiary education such as Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or Allied Health Sciences and
- You hold a Certificate IV in AOD or have completed the AOD Skillset / required competencies
- Experience working with young people with moderate to high acuity mental health issues along with AOD challenges.
- Demonstrated expertise in the physiology of addiction.
- Demonstrated experience in a range of evidence-based clinical interventions including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, MET, Family Systems or other.
- Ethical and high-quality clinical practice skills
- Ability to provide leadership and effective support to staff with a variety of roles and experience.
If you are genuinely interested in leading best practice, inspiring others and making a real difference, this could be the role for you!
The team
We’re a friendly, dynamic bunch of individuals that value diversity, continuous improvement and collaboration. We support growth and foster an inclusive and diverse workplace with a strong commitment to gender equality, wellbeing and LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
When can you start you ask? We are ready when you are
Be quick! Recruitment for the above roles will be undertaken as applications land on our desks, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
A valid Working with Children Check is mandatory for this position and a police check will be administered for preferred candidates. We are a child safe and equal employment opportunity employer.
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