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Alcohol & Other Drug Clinician – Youth Trauma Service

Youth | Trauma-Informed | Community-Based

About the Service

This is an opportunity to join a new, innovative Youth Trauma Service delivering wraparound, trauma-informed care to young people aged 13–17 with complex and intersecting needs.

The service supports young people experiencing developmental trauma, mental health challenges, neurodiversity, alcohol and other drug (AOD) concerns, family violence, physical health issues and psychosocial instability. It is built on deep consultation with young people, families, First Nations communities and sector partners.

The model prioritises relational safety, continuity of care, flexible engagement and cultural safety, ensuring young people receive the right support, at the right time, in the right place. It is intentionally inclusive, youth-centred and LGBTIQA+ affirming, designed to remove barriers such as stigma, rigid eligibility criteria and fragmented systems.

About the Role

As the Alcohol and Other Drug Clinician, you will play a key specialist role within a multidisciplinary trauma team. You will deliver evidence-based AOD interventions to young people with co-occurring trauma, mental health and psychosocial needs, while working collaboratively alongside therapeutic, outreach and care-navigation supports.

In addition to direct clinical work, this role contributes to building AOD capability across the team, providing consultation, education and modelling best-practice approaches to complex, intersecting presentations.

This role suits an experienced clinician who is passionate about youth engagement, harm-reduction, trauma-informed care and system-wide collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based AOD interventions within a trauma-informed, youth-centred framework

• Conduct comprehensive AOD assessments as part of holistic biopsychosocial and risk assessments

• Develop and review individualised treatment plans addressing substance use, trauma, mental health and environmental stressors

• Provide flexible and assertive outreach, engaging young people who may mistrust services or move in and out of care

• Deliver harm-reduction education and practical strategies to young people and their support networks

• Strengthen AOD capability across the multidisciplinary team through training, consultation, coaching and reflective practice

• Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews, shared care planning and joint risk management

• Work collaboratively with youth mental health services, AOD providers, schools, community organisations and cultural services

• Support family-centred interventions where appropriate, including psychoeducation on trauma, substance use and safety planning

• Apply culturally safe, developmentally informed and identity-affirming practice, particularly with First Nations, CALD, LGBTIQA+ and disability communities

• Maintain accurate documentation, outcome measures and service data

• Contribute to quality improvement, evaluation and service development

About You

You are a skilled and values-driven clinician with a strong foundation in youth AOD practice and trauma-informed care. You are confident working with complexity, thrive in collaborative environments and bring a calm, relational approach to engaging young people and families.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Nursing or Occupational Therapy

• Full registration with AHPRA or eligibility for AASW membership

• Recognised experience as an AOD specialist (e.g. DANA or equivalent)

• Minimum 5 years’ clinical experience in drug and alcohol counselling

• Demonstrated experience delivering evidence-based individual and group interventions

• Strong understanding of harm-reduction, abstinence-based recovery and co-occurring presentations

• Experience providing consultation or advisory support to other clinicians

• Excellent communication, organisation and time-management skills

• Current Australian Driver’s Licence

Why Join This Service?

• Be part of a new, purpose-built youth trauma model

• Work in a multidisciplinary, collaborative and supportive team

• Make a meaningful impact with young people facing significant barriers

• Practice within a service that values inclusion, cultural safety and lived experience

• Opportunity to influence practice, build capability and shape service delivery

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