At Marymead CatholicCare, our Alcohol & Other Drugs and Community Diversion Program plays a crucial role in providing support and guidance to individuals dealing with alcohol and other drug-related issues. We are seeking a compassionate, adaptable and motivated counsellor to join our multidisciplinary team to deliver effective counselling and intervention strategies tailored to individual needs.
Specialist AOD Counsellors operate within a therapeutic framework, providing assertive outreach and counselling to individuals over 13 years of age to support reduction or cessation of alcohol and/or other drug use and associated harms. Through this framework, the service will provide individuals with necessary psychological and physical resources to change their drug and alcohol behaviours including components of motivational interviewing, CBT and relapse prevention.
You are a caring and resilient professional who is passionate about supporting people to achieve their goals. You thrive in a team environment while also being confident working independently.
The ideal person we are looking for has:
You will also require
Marymead CatholicCare is the social services arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Our mission is to provide quality services by promoting healthy, inclusive communities through relationships, partnerships and collaboration while adhering to our values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence, Care & Compassion, and Inclusivity.
Why Join Us?
At Marymead CatholicCare, you will join a values-driven organisation that genuinely cares about the wellbeing of both clients and staff.
We Offer
Please submit your resume and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining your demonstrated experience and suitability for the role. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
Marymead CatholicCare has a commitment to child safeguarding and zero tolerance to child abuse. Marymead CatholicCare is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Applications are strongly encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people with a disability; people who identify as LGBTIQ; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
