• Calabro House
• Full-time
• $61,230.50 salary + super + generous NFP salary packaging options

Looking for a meaningful change? ACSO seeks a Forensic Residential Support Worker to provide daily living and lifestyle support to clients with a forensic history/mental health background and a disability in our residences based in Ormond. Do you have the skill and ability to work with complex and challenging clients to support them to function safely and effectively in the community?

Success as a Forensic Residential Support Worker requires you to strike the balance between risks and rights. If you’re passionate about community safety, the right to a second chance, interested in developing and contributing to therapeutic support and intervention, and driven to make a difference we’d love to hear from you. The Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO) is a dynamic, values driven NFP, focused on partnering with Government and the community to co-design services that create real social change. We’re an organisation with a bold vision to create a safe and inclusive community freed of crime and prisons. It’s our goal to reduce re-offending and our mission is to help people transition from prison, assist them in the community, stop them from re-offending and intervene to divert others from committing crime.

About the Job

You will work directly with adults who have a disability and an offending history. This will involve intake and client assessments, care plan meetings, individual support and treatment planning, and preparation for client transitions out of ACSO’s Calabro House.

This is a full-time secondment position working a 24/7 rotating roster based in Ormond. Day-to-day you will support clients with life skills and practical tasks combined with contributing to the development and implementation of Behaviour Support Plans and other therapeutic intervention strategies. The salary for this position is $61,230.50 plus superannuation and generous salary packaging options.

You will work with a team to facilitate activities to support clients’ reengagement with the community.

You will both contribute to and be offered practical and expert advice from a multi-disciplinary, clinically focused team, with a strong supervision structure to support you in your role and in your continued professional development.

What You'll Bring

• A depth of knowledge on the challenges faced by those leaving the prison system, and an interest and willingness to work with those presenting with high risk offence histories with complex and challenging behaviour
• A passion for supporting people with dual disability related challenges to achieve their goals
• Knowledge and experience utilising prosocial approaches in managing offending behaviours
• Prior experience working in residential care settings
• Capability to establish and maintain clear professional boundaries
• Strong sense of personal accountability, resilience and emotional intelligence
• Minimum Cert IV level qualification in Mental Health, Disability, Community Services or a similar field
• A valid VIC Drivers Licence, First Aid Cert, and the ability to obtain National Criminal Record, Working With Children, and Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme Checks.

ACSO embraces diversity within its workforce and as such encourages applications from appropriately qualified and skilled people from a range of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. 

A full Position Description is attached below.