Common Ground Support Worker

• City Location
• Permanent, Full-time Opportunity
• Work with some of Melbourne’s most vulnerable people
• Salary packaging & additional leave

Two leading and very successful organisations in the homelessness and related sectors, HomeGround and Hanover, have merged to form a new agency, Launch Housing, with an ambitious agenda to achieve our vision of ending homelessness. Launch Housing is a strong, single, focused voice on homelessness driven by the values of Empowerment, Fresh Thinking, Agility, Leadership and Courage.

Elizabeth Street Common Ground (ESCG) is an innovative approach to housing people who have experienced long term homelessness. The ESCG development is the first of its kind in Australia and is based on five key elements:

• Permanency – offering self-contained, high quality housing
• Safety – controlled access increases safety and security of tenants
• Affordability – with rents set at a maximum of 30% of income
• Supportive- with on-site supports to help stabilise and sustain housing
• Diversity – a social mix of tenants ensuring a thriving community

This Support Worker position is responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of support plans and associated support work for a range of tenants within ESCG.

Working in close partnership with other ESCG staff and using a team-based approach to ensure the effective coordination and delivery of services for ESCG tenants, the Support Worker takes a lead role in promoting effective strategies in order to assist the client to achieve the goals in their support plan. This role also provides leadership and develops working partnerships with tenants, carers and service providers.

The successful applicant will enjoy a competitive salary (with salary packaging available), a supportive team environment and the chance to contribute one of Melbourne’s largest housing and homelessness organisations.

If you are interested in applying for this exciting opportunity, then please follow the “How to Apply” instructions (below) to obtain a full position description. If you need further information, please call Greg Cole (ESCG Coordinator) on (03) 8539 0200.