This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to be involved in innovative practice development projects
- DURATION: 0.6FTE – 1.0FTE
(negotiable), till 30/6/2025 subject to further funding
- First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with
disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived
experience are encouraged to apply
- DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check.
- Applicants who have a lived experience are encouraged to
apply
About the role
Drummond Street Services (DS) is a
not-for profit, recognised as leaders in delivering intersectional and whole of
family practice approaches, providing services to individuals, families and
marginalised communities.
The Senior Training
and Practice Development Officer will work across multiple projects to develop
and deliver high quality training, capacity building and organisational
readiness resources that disseminate Drummond Street’s practice model both
within our own services and across a range of other sectors that we work in
partnership with. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced
practitioner to be involved in innovative practice development projects and to
work with a high performing and collaborative team.
This includes a
focus on:
- Intersectionality
- Whole of family
approach to practice
- Working with LGBTIQA+
communities and their families
- Public health
- Risk and protective
factors across the lifespan
- Lived experience and
co-production
- Recovery oriented
practice
The role is best
suited to those with strong written and oral communication skills and an
ability to articulate practice frameworks. Connections with one or more of the
marginalised communities with which our service works is also highly
desirable.
Your responsibilities
- Design and deliver training and education that supports
practice change and development across a range of areas, including
intersectional, whole of family practice, LGBTIQA+, with a particular focusing
on developing organisational readiness and practice to address the needs of
marginalised or at-risk cohorts.
- Develop and implement innovative capacity building and
practice change initiatives, informed by high quality evidence, public health
principles and our co-production approach.
- Contribute to the development of a range of practice tools
and documents in consultation with practitioners, service leaders, community
members and people with lived experience.
- Collaboratively engage with a range of internal and external
stakeholders to understand and address identified service gaps and needs
- Further develop the profile of Drummond Street’s capacity
building, training and consultancy services.
- Plan, implement and evaluate projects. This includes writing
project plans, working with the team and other collaborators to achieve
milestones and deliverables, maintaining records and communicating with
stakeholders to track progress and any issues or risks that may arise.
Selection Criteria: Please
address the following in your application to be considered.
Essential
- Qualifications and/or experience in social work or other
relevant disciplines.
- Experience in designing and delivering workforce development
and/or capacity building initiatives, including training that supports
participants to maximise learning, is inclusive and reflective of DS
organisation’s ethos, values and goals.
- Demonstrated knowledge of therapeutic, intersectional and
whole of family approaches to practice, and experience of applying these in a
relevant field (e.g. MH, AOD, LGBTIQA+, FV)
- Demonstrated high-level written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills and organisational skills including the ability to meet
deadlines and prioritise work tasks.
- A genuine interest and commitment to applying an
intersectional approach to working with diverse populations and people with
lived experience, including LGBTIQA+, First Nations, refugee, CALD and other
marginalised communities
Highly Desirable
- You identify as belonging to one or more of the communities
with whom DS assertively engages
Application process
- Applications close Sunday 14 July 2024
- All applications will be directed to our career's portal
– Senior Training and Practice Development Officer
- All applicants must include a resume and with a
cover letter addressing all the key selection criteria for the position.
To discuss your application, please contact Beth McCann on
9663 6733 or email beth.mccann@ds.org.au, using
the subject line: Senior Training and Practice Development Officer
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