• Be recognised -for leadership of a dynamic creative team
• Be challenged -in providing support, leadership and coordination for harm reduction services
• Be your best - Experience ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment
• Be the heart of Barwon Health - Build your career with a dedicated team at Victoria’s 2014 People in Health Award Winner!

About the facility

Barwon Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) Harm Reduction Team is a community based service that is part of the mental health drugs and alcohol directorate. We provide; pharmacotherapy assessments, needle syringe programs, Naloxone training and provision, overdose reduction program, education and information on pertinent harm reduction strategies and a range of projects relating to reducing harms associated with substance use. We provide information and secondary consultation to service providers. DAS staff work closely with the other AOD services in the region and acute and community mental health services as well as services in the University Hospital Geelong, acute, subacute and community health services.

About the role 

Barwon Health is excited to offer an opportunity to provide leadership within the Drugs and Alcohol Service (DAS) Harm Reduction Team, providing line management, support, supervision and manage day to day work flow. The successful candidate will also progress current harm reduction initiatives.

About the culture

We are a friendly and welcoming team, providing a supportive workplace, encouraging professional development and involvement in continuous service improvement.  We pride ourselves on delivering high quality client centred care. We have terrific internal relationships and work hard towards maintaining a strong connection with our consumers, community and external health and social services.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Our Commitment to Child Safety

At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.