Assertive Outreach Worker – 3 x Vacancies

Available Vacancies:

• 1 X Permanent, Full-time at Elizabeth Street
• 1 X Fixed-term (until 30th June 2020), Full time at St Kilda
• 1 X Fixed-term (6 months), Part-time (45.6 hrs/fortnight) at St Kilda

Salary: 69,065 per annum + Super (pro-rata, where applicable)

Join us and share our Vision

We believe housing is a basic human right that affords people dignity. Everyone has a right to a home and it is our job to make this happen.

This is a rewarding and challenging role for someone who wants to contribute to our mission to end homelessness.

What Can We Offer You?

• Working for a values-based organisation with a clear mission and vision
• Flexible work options available and work-life balance actively encouraged through
• 5 days wellbeing leave (on top of annual leave)
• Salary packaging

The Role

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Outreach Worker to join the Rough Sleeper Initiative team, which is aimed at assertively engaging with and supporting people sleeping rough in the inner metro. This program provides a response for people who are hard to reach, entrenched and who may have complex needs.

The Outreach Worker will work closely with a number of service providers to deliver an assertive and persistent street level approach to outreach in order to identify, engage and work with clients to achieve sustainable outcomes; primarily rapid access to housing and intensive support, to assist clients to settle into their housing.

About You

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, take accountability for their work outcomes and be able to form and maintain strong relationships; all essential ingredients to working collaboratively with clients and other organisations to achieve common goals. The candidate should also have demonstrated understanding of the principles of case management and housing service system and also demonstrated ability to build positive rapport with people from diverse backgrounds.