Description:
Position Description
Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Services Practitioner
Position title Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services (AODTS) Practitioner
Position holder Vacant
Program Counselling & AOD
Funded by Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Based at location Horsham
Reports to • Program Leader Counselling & AOD
- Manager Mental Health & Wellbeing
- General Manager Community Services
- Chief Executive Officer
Direct reports • Nil
Award Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and
Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2022
Classification SACS Level 2.1 to Level 5.1
Hourly rate $33.41 to $49.28 Annual $66,018 to $97,377
Status Full time
Hours per week 38 hours
PD last updated and
approved by CEO
March 2025
Position summary
Covering the Grampians and Wimmera area, the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment
Services Practitioner provides a high quality, efficient and effective treatment service. This
includes assessment, a range of interventions for long term recovery focussing on
problematic substance use as well as promoting health, wellbeing and social connectedness
to achieve client goals and outcomes.
Key responsibilities
1. Provide person-centred and evidence-based AOD treatment, including assessment,
treatment planning and referral, to individual clients, family members and significant
others. Modes of delivery will include face to face (individual or group), phone, and
interactive online counselling where appropriate
2. Participate in case allocation, case review and exit planning processes including priority
access for clients with complex needs transitioning to and from bed-based services as
appropriate.
3. Provide AOD therapeutic interventions and referral services for clients engaged in the
forensic sector including clients subject to community corrections orders, parole and/or
other court related matters.
4. Participate in joint case management, shared care planning and/or provide secondary
consultation with other agencies and service providers where appropriate. This includes
child protection and other services in the health and human service sectors
5. Maintain up to date and appropriate client notes, records and documentation.
6. Contribution to meet the annual KPI targets
7. Provide supervision and support to students as required.
Position Description
Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Services Practitioner
8. Other duties commensurate with current skills and experience as agreed with the
Program Leader, Manager, General Manager or the Chief Executive Officer.
Key selection criteria
Qualifications
• Minimum Cert IV qualifications in a relevant or related community services discipline
- Certificate IV in AOD
- AOD Core Competencies – willing to complete within first 12 months if not completed
Mandatory
• Experience in and understanding of a broad range of therapeutic approaches and their
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of computer software, including Microsoft
Desirable
• Membership or eligibility for membership with ACA, APS, AASW.
- Experience in working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams in community health
- Brief & Intermediate training in MARAM framework – willing to undertake training if not
- Working with clients engaged in the forensic sector.
Demonstrated skills and experience
• Delivery of therapeutic approaches in the AOD sector and matching stages of treatment
- Harm minimisation principles including harm reduction.
- Co-occurring AOD and mental health issues including dual-diagnosis principles.
- Demonstrated attention to detail with well-developed administrative and organisational
skills to effectively manage high volumes of work and determine priorities, meet targets
and deadlines.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of computer software, including Microsoft
- High level verbal and written communication skills that enable effective and appropriate
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to positive workplace culture and practices.
• Current Victorian driver licence
- Current National police check (less than 3 months old)
- Current Employee Working with Children Check
• Empowering
- Professional
- Inclusive
- Compassionate
- Courageous
Position Description
Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Services Practitioner
Conditions of employment
This position is ongoing and is subject to successful completion of a six-month probationary
period
- Satisfactory police check
- Employee Working with Children Check
Note: Checks must be obtained and provided prior to commencement as a condition of
employment at Grampians Community Health. Where check results are unsatisfactory in
relation to the role to be carried out, the offer of employment will be withdrawn.
Required training
• Sentrient online learning management system courses as required.