HELP YOUNG AUSTRALIANS MOVE BEYOND DRUGS AND CRIME. JOIN THE TED NOFFS FOUNDATION, AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST PROVIDER OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Type: Part time

Location: Watson ACT

Remuneration: Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Award 2010 (Level 3) + Full salary packaging options available

About Us:

Originally named The Wayside Foundation, The Ted Noffs Foundation was established in 1970 by the great Australian humanitarian, Reverend Ted Noffs, and renamed in 1992 to honour his life’s work.

Our services are focused on helping young people with drug, crime and mental health issues and have achieved significant success. Today, we run services across NSW, ACT and QLD with over 150 staff and nearly 300 volunteers committed to helping disadvantaged young Australians.

The Role:

This role is a great entry into the field of drug and alcohol, social work and youth work. Current students and fresh graduates of relevant major are encouraged to apply.

Noffs is looking for an Alcohol and Other Drugs Worker (Part Time) to join our PALM Residential Drug & Alcohol Program to support young people aged 13-17 with serious alcohol and/or other drug-related difficulties. Operating as a therapeutic community, the program provides a holistic, intensive, multi-disciplinary, residential treatment program staffed by professionals specifically trained in working through trauma, challenging behaviours and complex needs.

Responsibilities and duties include, but not limited to:

• Supervise the day-to-day running of the household, including allocation and supervision of residents' chores.
• Provide information and support as necessary to residents during their participation in the Program and in their preparation for re entry into the community, including contact with families.
• Under supervision, and in line with the approved Program manual, facilitate group sessions.
• Provide and promote a safe and healthy environment which is free of harassment and which encourages a positive atmosphere.
• Implementing the general living skills component of the Program.
• Provide support to counsellors and others in the implementation of care plans for residents.
• Participate in staff meetings, professional supervision and in service training as required.

Essential Selection Criteria

• Qualifications and/or experience working with young people, preferably those with alcohol and other drug related difficulties.
• Capacity and willingness to work on a rotating shift basis, including day, evening, night, sleepover and weekend shifts.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage clients positively while maintain own boundaries.
• Initiative, creativity and practical life skills to organise positive group and individual recreational and other activities.
• Group management and crisis intervention skills along with a mature, compassionate, common sense approach to conflict resolution.
• Commitment to the principles of harm minimisation and to the aims of the Ted Noffs Foundation.
• Successful candidates must have a current and valid ACT Working With Vulnerable People Card (WWVP) prior to commencing employment.
• Current driver's licence and a good driving record.

Desirable Selection Criteria

• Knowledge of government and community networks and service providers.
• Proficient in the use of client management systems.
• First Aid Certificate.

Ted Noffs Foundation is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to First Nations People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

How to Apply:

All applications must be submitted through SEEK (Resume and a Cover letter addressing the selection criteria).

As interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, applicants are encouraged to apply at the earliest point and will be highly regarded. Interviews may be offered upon application.

For further information, contact us at [email protected]. Only successful applicants will be contacted.