Homelessness & Community Support Worker

• Part time positions available (0.6/0.8 FTE), Fixed term until Jan 2025
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income
• $41.61 per hour + Super

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

About the role

The Homeless & Community Support Worker is a diverse role that aims to provide support to people who are facing issues of homelessness including those at risk of homelessness and/or living in inappropriate accommodation such as rooming houses and caravan parks. The position also provides support to people facing significant barriers to accessing services so that they feel confident in and supported to navigate the service system. The support provided to the client group via this position will include intake & assessment, interim response, and casework, both site-based and through the assertive outreach activities.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Maintain knowledge, skills, qualifications, accreditations, and registrations through participation in professional development activities
• Establish and maintain connections with local agencies and the community, providing consultations as needed. Develop and implement client-directed, strengths based individual client care plans and service packages
• Work collaboratively with clients to conduct comprehensive assessments, identifying needs, aspirations, and goals of clients
• Link individuals into appropriate ongoing community services, including mental health services, social support services and health services
• Support individuals to improve their daily living skills via a client centred goal directed approach.

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging options to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation). Salary packaging reduces your cohealth taxable income, meaning you pay less tax on your cohealth income
• A generous rewards program from our salary packaging provider
• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• A relevant tertiary qualification such as Social Work or equivalent experience in the housing, mental health, disability, or welfare sectors.
• Demonstrated experience in working with clients who have a history of homelessness and multiple and complex needs, as well as a sound understanding of the key issues affecting people experiencing homelessness.
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Working with Children's Check (WWCC)
• Victorian Driver's License

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Statutory Declaration, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses). Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process