ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

We are a leading community support organisation working alongside people to live the life they aspire to, their way, providing a broad range of support in Homelessness, Disability, Palliative Care, Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS), and Early Years and Education service areas. A career with us means you are part of an organisation making a real difference. Find out more about us!

About the program

The Employment, Education and Training position sits within the Youth, Early Intervention and Homelessness Portfolio and is part of Melbourne City Mission’s Creating Connections Program. Creating Connections provides support to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the North, West and Inner Middle South regions of metropolitan Melbourne. The Creating Connections Team encompasses housing support, living skills and education, employment, and training Case management support.

About the role

This role will provide flexible and holistic Education, Employment and Training responses to young people aged 16 to 24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Identify potential barriers through individualised pathway planning with young people to achieve positive EET outcomes. This position sits within a multidisciplinary team and duties may vary according to the changing needs of the organisation. Duties of this role may include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide high quality employment, education and training (EET) responses to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
• Provide outreach support to young people that enables them to achieve their EET goals.
• Develop, maintain and review EET plans that help young people create positive and sustainable pathways out of homelessness.
• Provide individual support to young people who maybe facing specific barriers, such as Mental Health, AOD and disabilities, to access and sustain EET opportunities.
• Provide case-coordination and support to young people helping them to explore and access EET training opportunities.
• Develop and facilitate group workshops for young people who are disengaged from education, employment and training.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Bachelor of Youth Work, Social Work, or a related discipline.
• An understanding and experience with the youth homelessness sector and/or mainstream services, including knowledge of patterns, trends and systemic issues.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and facilitate group workshops for young people
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other organisations in the education and welfare sectors, in formal and informal partnerships, to achieve client outcomes.
• Demonstrate that Child Safety is a primary part of everyday thinking and practice.
• Demonstrated capacity to deliver group work initiatives.

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For more details or assistance with application submission please email: [email protected], using the subject line: Employment, Education and Training Case Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process as part of the MCM selection process. Appointments to MCM roles will be subject to the following safety screening checks (as applicable to the role): National (and International if applicable) Police Check (which includes Proof of Identity Check), Victorian Employee Working with Children Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check, Right to Work in Australia and current and valid driver licence. All costs associated with safety checks (except National Police Check) will be at applicants’ expense.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

At MCM, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion helps us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people. If you require specific support to apply for this position, please email [email protected].