• Community Outreach & Engagement Worker, Hawthorn or Doncaster
• Permanent Part-time 0.6 EFT with salary packaging benefits & work life balance
• Collaborative and highly supported team environment

About Us

With a history of 150 years and caring at our centre, our mission and commitment is to build healthier lives within our communities and to deliver excellent health and community services for all. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 300 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do, contributing to the wellbeing of the community every day through our work, making a difference every day to those that need it most.

About the opportunity

Join our team as a Community Engagement Outreach Worker and make a real difference in the lives of socially isolated individuals in the Boroondara and Manningham areas. In this vital community-based role, you'll build strong connections with people, helping them access health and social services through local programs like social prescribing and care finders. You’ll also support collaboration with other health and community organisations, contribute to program improvement, and may supervise volunteers. Your lived experience, cultural understanding, or community language skills will be highly valued in fostering trust and inclusion. Be part of a supportive, purpose-driven team creating meaningful change. This is a Permanent Part-time 0.6 EFT position reporting the Manager, Community Access & Outreach with the flexibility to be based in Hawthorn or Doncaster.

What you will bring– Key Selection Criteria

In addition to your passion and purpose to support vulnerable people within our community you will have:

• Experience in community engagement, development and outreach programs particularly, with marginalised and hardly reached community members
• Certificate IV (Mental Health peer work or equivalent), and/or demonstrated experience working with clients who experience mental health challenges in a community setting
• Tertiary degree in Psychology, Social Work or Community Development (Desirable)
• Previous experience in a supervisory role highly regarded
• Proficiency in spoken languages other than English especially Arabic, Farsi, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese (desirable)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant software applications

Attributes

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to relate to people from a diverse range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds
• Demonstrated experience engaging with a range of stakeholders including community members/consumers and community groups, GP, health services and AOD services
• Understanding of community, social, and health services and referral pathways
• Demonstrated behaviours consistent with Access Health and Community values

Access Health and Community Culture & Benefits

At Access Health and Community, we offer more than just a fulfilling career: - we provide an environment where you can thrive in a culture of collaboration and support. Our team members share a common commitment and passion to make a positive impact, and we believe that this shared ethos creates a range of benefits for all who work with us. From opportunities for personal and professional growth to a sense of purpose and belonging, our culture promotes an environment of success and fulfilment. Come join us and experience the rewards of a career where you truly make a difference.

The position encompasses an extensive range of benefits:

• A truly supportive and valued based culture and engaged workforce
• A culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive
• Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
• An authentic focus on staff wellbeing and health- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A commitment to ongoing professional development and career growth
• Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Annual leave loading
• Generous salary packaging opportunities (up to $15,990 per annum + $2,650 meals/entertainment expenses)

Please click the web link to view our culture and benefits that are on offer: https://accesshc.org.au/culture-and-benefits.

Apply Now

If this position resonates with you and you are passionate about working alongside a collaborative and supportive team, please reach out to Astrid Kruse-Thorpe Manager, Community Access & Outreach, for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role: [email protected] using the subject line: Community Outreach and Engagement Worker - Hawthorn / Doncaster enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please refer to the position description on our website for the key selection criteria information: https://accesshc.org.au/careers/.

Apply now so you do not miss this opportunity, as we will be assessing applications as they are submitted and may fill the position before the end date of the application.

Access Health and Community is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive working environment that embraces and values all people, regardless of cultural background, age, gender identity, sexuality or lived and living experience. We value the diversity and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and are committed to delivering on our vision for reconciliation through our recruitment and employment practices.

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