AOD Practitioner - Ringa Riwha

(Full time hours on a rotating roster)

About the role

The AOD Professional is responsible for supporting the organisational and service change management, including reviewing the current model of care; reviewing best practice and evidence-based service provision; redesigning and implementing any changes required to ensure service is fit-for-purpose. Aspects of the new design will include healing; transformation and trauma informed care as well as enabling integration across all services in the Mission.

We value team development and our people's career growth; we will mentor you on your unique journey to do meaningful work in a supportive environment. This role is a great starting point where you can learn on the job and work towards a longer-term career at Auckland City Mission.

Duties

• Provide intake and withdrawal assessments for individual clients, prepare mental health and risk assessment as needed.
• Maintain individual case notes and ensure they are entered into the system by the end of each shift.
• Support clients who have been referred from community alcohol and drug services and liaising with specialist nurses.
• Support detox clients many of whom have co-existing issues which can result in problems including aggressive behaviour and deep depression / suicidal thoughts.
• Provide advocacy supporting client to attend appointments. (E.g., Court, Work and Income, applying for emergency housing

Skills & Experience

• Post Graduate qualifications and/or experience / qualification in Management or team leadership DAAPANZ Registered Practitioner.
• Commitment to embodying the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in organisational practice.
• Empathy and understanding of issues of trauma, mental health, addiction, poverty and homelessness.
• Excellent team building, collaboration and partnering skills, with aptitude for getting things done through both formal and informal channels.
• Full clean driver’s licence.

Skills, experience and knowledge may also be obtained from a number of different experiences. For example, from paid work, voluntary work, work undertaken within your Church, Marae, or from specific iwi/whānau responsibilities.

Benefits

• EAP & external supervision.
• 5 x ‘Mission leave’ days, additional to annual and sick leave.
• Monthly romiromi (holistic energy and bodywork).
• Ongoing training and development.
• 15% discount at Auckland City Mission retail op shops.
• Access to low cost, farm fresh produce on a weekly basis.
• Discounted parking at SkyCity.
• Career progression opportunities.

About the organisation

Auckland City Mission - Te Tāpui Atawhai supports Aucklanders in greatest need. Our services have evolved as the city’s social needs have changed, and we respond to these needs with care and compassion while advocating for a reality where there are: enough suitable homes, enough money for nutritious food, and easily accessible health care for all. Since our doors opened more than 100 years ago, this has been our ‘why’. Today, we operate across 9 sites in Tāamaki Makaurau. We offer support for however long and in whatever way is needed – for some people, that’s simply accessing one of our many services, for others, it’s a complex journey with our full support.

Over the past 12 months, the Mission has provided 200 people with permanent homes, conducted over 20,000 consultations at the Calder Health Centre in HomeGround, cared for 462 people in our residential social detox facility in HomeGround, distributed almost 50,000 food parcels to families and individuals, and served over 80,000 warm meals in our community dining room, Haeata.

Last year we were proud to win the Nga Āhuatanga o Te Tiriti Tohu (Award), and the Supreme Award at the 2023 Diversity Awards. These awards recognise our mahi to create a workplace which empowers Māori, and where Māori solutions can be developed and offered to the people who we support. If you are interested in this role, please apply with your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and the Auckland City Mission.

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