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Specialist Practice Lead

Launch Housing
  • Meaningful work that offers a competitive salary with generous employee benefits
  • Opportunity to work on projects that have huge impact on the organisation and clients
  • Enjoy monthly ADO, work from office/home & more
  • Two-year fixed-term contract, immediate start

About Launch Housing

Launch Housing is a secular Melbourne-based community organisation that provides homelessness services and life-changing housing supports to disadvantaged Victorians. With over 400 staff working across 13 locations, we want to end homelessness and are committed to creating lasting societal change to help those most in need in our community. In a country as wealthy as ours no one should be homeless.

Launch Housing is delivering a high-impact strategy that aims to reduce homelessness in Melbourne with strong government support for new solutions to build more social housing and to reverse the rate of people sleeping rough.

Your impact on the community

An opening exists for a Specialist Practice Lead, to join the Keeping Housing portfolio. Integral to this role is to support Launch Housing in the development and implementation of a framework that ensures the provision of trauma-informed, evidence-based practice and service delivery for staff providing case management support and other services within the Launch Housing suite of programs. As our Practice Lead, you will ensure Launch Housing services are well resourced and supported in their practices and partnerships for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Reporting to the General Manager - Keeping Housing, you will work on projects that have a huge impact on the organisation and clients.

Whilst no two days are the same, you will:

  • Undertake detailed project planning using a project management framework, ensuring high levels of engagement with critical internal stakeholders that facilitates ownership of accountability for successful implementation and delivery of tasks.
  • Work closely with the line management, particularly Program Managers, to lead the service design, implementation and ongoing continuous improvement of trauma-informed case management services across all relevant programs.
  • Using excellent change management skills and approaches, lead the integration and alignment of all Launch Housing support services, working with line management to implement change as required.
  • Participate in and lead a range of activities that result in the development of an impact led culture, including the development of program logic, program manuals and practice resources.
  • Participate in and lead a range of activities focused on the high-quality performance of the Launch Housing service offer, including the accreditation of Launch Housing programs against agreed standards and a range of activities associated with program establishment, team reflection and support, planning, policy development and continuous practice improvement.

For further information on the role please refer to the position description.

About you

You are a purpose and values-driven individual who champions and motivates a high-performance work culture. You want to be a part of a great team and really contribute not only to the Keeping Housing team but the organisation as a whole.

You are someone who has:

  • Experience working in a client-facing human services role with a preference for an understanding of housing and homelessness policy, context and systems. Candidates with experience outside of the specialist homelessness system are welcomed.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others towards effective client outcomes, and exercising skills in engaging with stakeholders.
  • The ability to collaborate with a purpose focused on solutions and able to prioritise and manage available resources to the greatest effect within overall resource limits.
  • Demonstrated high-level writing and communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, be self-motivated to meet deadlines and superior organisational skills.

Culture & benefits

We believe housing is a basic human right and our values of empowerment, fresh thinking, agility, leadership and courage underpin everything we do. If you want a career where you can make a real difference, and you are passionate about our mission to end homelessness, then consider working with Launch Housing! Our employees are spread across 14 different sites within metropolitan Melbourne.

We offer great staff benefits including:

  • Work for a value-based organisation with a clear mission and vision
  • Flexible work options available and work-life balance actively encouraged
  • A diverse and inclusive work environment with gender-neutral parental leave
  • 4 weeks annual leave, plus 1-week wellbeing leave
  • Professional and career development opportunities across the organisation

How to Apply

For more information about this fantastic opportunity and to view the full position description follow the "How to Apply" instructions below. If you would like additional information please contact Tanya Armstrong - General Manager, Keeping Housing at[email protected] using the subject line: Specialist Practise Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Launch Housing is committed to child safety and 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 unique expertise and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply.

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