Senior Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Specialist
Core
Lead the supervision, management, and oversight of AOD Specialists and Wellbeing Support Facilitators to provide therapeutic interventions, harm minimization, and recovery-oriented support for people in custody.
Role type
Senior AOD and Wellbeing Specialist (Supervisory/Management)
Builds
AOD support programs, harm reduction strategies, and reintegration plans for prisoners
Domain
Corrections / Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
AOD assessment, harm minimization education, person-centred care, team supervision and mentoring, group program facilitation, case management planning, release planning, cross-agency collaboration, data reporting
Preferred skills
Tertiary health qualification (social work, counselling, psychology, nursing), Certificate IV/Diploma in AOD, experience with dual diagnosis clients
Technologies
Information management systems
Responsibilities
Lead high-quality engagement and assessment services; ensure best practice in AOD service delivery; provide expert knowledge and mentoring to the AOD team; monitor program outcomes and drive continuous improvement; develop new initiatives for emerging substance use issues; allocate and manage team workload; develop pathways for multidisciplinary collaboration; provide individual and group supervision to team members; contribute to case-management and community reintegration plans; participate in release planning; lead training in harm reduction and relapse prevention; maintain program attendance records and reports.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with supervisory responsibilities
