Organisation : Launch Housing via BigSplash
Location : Melbourne (Southbank)
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Community Support Services, Homelessness & Affordable Housing
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 20 Jan, 2021
About the organisation
Launch Housing is an independent Melbourne based community organisation passionately committed to ending homelessness. From providing high-quality housing to an innovative range of support, education, and employment services, we bring solutions to homelessness under one roof for thousands at risk or experiencing the crisis and trauma of homelessness. With over 400 staff working across 14 locations in metropolitan Melbourne, we combine direct action with advocacy, research, and innovation to drive widespread change.
About the role
- Great Southbank location, close to the South Melbourne Market, public transportation, shops and cafes
- Full-time, Fixed-Term role (through to 30 June 2021)
- Salary: $73,083 per annum + Super
- Additional Wellbeing Leave and Salary Packaging
- Flexible working environment!
Join Melbourne’s most progressive housing and homelessness organisation.
About the role
We are currently seeking a Continuing Care Worker to join our comprehensive case management service and expand our therapeutic support to our clients at our Southbank site. Launch Housing Southbank is a 51 bed crisis accommodation service, providing support to people onsite and in the community who are experiencing homelessness. Southbank is a fast-paced workplace, aiming to achieve positive housing and life outcomes for our clients.
As a Continuing Care Worker, you will work as part of the enhanced engagement team to provide additional support to clients moving from crisis accommodation to housing in the community. The Continuing Care Worker will provide ongoing contact with clients to retain support, identify additional pathways for referral, and intervene when issues arise that may jeopardise a client’s housing.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have a relevant tertiary qualification in human services, and direct experience in providing case management services to people with high and complex needs, ideally within the housing and homelessness sector. You will also have good interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others towards effective client solutions.
Working in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team that uses innovative housing practices, this exciting and challenging position offers applicants the opportunity to build and empower the lives of people experiencing homelessness.
To obtain a full position description and to apply for this opportunity, please follow the “How to Apply” instructions (below).
If you would like additional information regarding this position, please contact Yassin Abdillahi on 0407 601 060.
All applicants must have the right to work in Australia and will be required to complete a Working with Children check and Police check. Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise, and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply.
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Continuing Care Worker via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Support_Services, #Homelessness_and_Affordable_Housing
