AOD Recovery Practitioner
Benefits:
- An excellent working environment
- Rewarding work where you can make a positive difference to the people you support and the wider community
- Extensive on-boarding and ongoing training
- Study days and MASH Day
- Career growth and advancement
- Free yearly flu vaccination
MASH Trust are a leading provider of disability, mental health, and addiction services. We have services throughout the lower North Island with over 550 staff and volunteers.
We work as one team, empowering each other to promote community inclusion and self-determination for those we walk alongside.
We are seeking an experienced registered health professional to join our Palmerston North Team as a AOD Recovery Practitioner working in a part-time permanent role up to 25 hours per week. The days and hours of work will be discussed with the right applicant.
Skills and experience:
- Hold a registration under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act or have a recognised qualification with a current registration and annual practising certificate. (Social Work - Dapaanz - Psychology)
- Working towards a relevant degree and obtaining DAPAANZ Registration Follow the principals of Enabling Good Lives and Whanau Ora.
- Be culturally responsive, and honour Te Tiriti principals of Rangatiratanga.
- Have a good sense of humour.
- Provide comprehensive clinical assessments and deliver tailored therapeutic interventions
- Experience working in the mental health and addictions sector or a relatable field with an understanding of professional boundaries and practice ethics.
- Understanding of group dynamics and be confident and have experience in group facilitation ability to facilitate therapeutic groups.
- Have a thorough understanding and ability to apply motivational interviewing techniques and various counselling modalities.
Applications for the above roles will be reviewed as they are received so the role may close earlier if the right applicant is found.
MASH Trust is not an accredited Employer and therefore cannot use The Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) process
