Odyssey House Victoria offers two rounds of student intake, at the beginning of the year and then mid year. Applications can be submitted at any time but will be reviewed during December/January for semester 1 and June/July for Semester 2. 

We have finished accepting applications for the first half of 2024. We are currently accepting applications for placements for the second half of the year, commencing from August 2024.  

Job Description

Student placement - Barwon Catchment

Location

For this placement, you would be based at the Geelong West office with intermittent work at other sites including Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Colac and the Surf Coast. Students on placement at Barwon will need to have a police check and a Working with Children Check

Eligibility

• Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Master of Social Work, Counselling or Psychology

• Diploma in Mental Health or Community Services

Your placement would include:

For Social Work Students:

• • A day in the life of this position includes duty in central intake, completing comprehensive assessments, developing individual treatment plans and providing brief interventions. Your assessment and treatment plans will address risk for both the client and their family and social network. You will participate in clinical reviews and clinical supervision. You will be responsible for a counselling caseload, join our Care & Recovery Coordination (CRC)) Workers in their outreach and advocacy functions, and provide facilitation support to our therapeutic day program.

For Counselling and Psychology Students:

• • A day in the life of this position includes duty in central intake, completing comprehensive assessments, developing individual treatment plans and making referrals, and providing brief interventions. Your assessment and treatment plans will address risk for both the client and their family and social network. You will participate in clinical reviews and clinical supervision. You will be responsible for a counselling caseload, including the development of therapeutic treatment plans and case recording.

For Diploma Students:

• • A day in the life of this position includes observing and supporting our central intake, observing comprehensive assessments, shadowing our CRC workers, developing individual treatment plans, and making referrals, and preparing notes of observed interventions. Your observations will include assessing risk for both the client and their significant others. You will participate in clinical reviews and clinical supervision and other Catchment meetings. You will provide CRC and brief interventions in outreach and advocacy and provide facilitation and support to our therapeutic day program.

To apply for a student this placement please apply here. Students interested in other sites can make additional applications to the specific adverts on Odyssey House's website.

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Please ensure that your covering letter responds to the key selection criteria, which is in the position descriptor, and that all required documentation is uploaded at the time of application. We are unable to consider applications that do not follow the outlined process.