Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 30th Jun 2020
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
The Employment Mentor will report to the Program Manager and will work to improve the employment and education outcomes for people seeking asylum.
You will support the operational teams to assess the English language levels of clients and engage suitable services to provide support to people seeking asylum to improve their English language skills in this area as well as provide planning and careers counselling, network with the sector partners to improve referral pathways and engage with local employers who value diversity to build a pool of suitable employers for referral.
This is a Part Time position and can be based in Epping or Sunshine.
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Tracy Donnarumma at [email protected] using the subject line: Employment Mentor - Sunshine or Epping enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)