POSITION OBJECTIVE

Based at our new office in Wallan, the Community Integration Worker will work with the Wallan Senior Lawyer to establish the new Mitchell office site, co-located at the Wallan Community Hub. The Community Integration Worker will be responsible for a range of community development and client support activities.

This will include working with local agencies to streamline referral pathways and build their capacity to identify and refer clients with legal needs, while gathering evidence of local needs and community priorities. This information will be used to develop and implement a comprehensive community development plan that aims to enhance community knowledge of legal rights and build community capacity to prevent or respond to legal problems.

In addition to implementing the Community Development Plan, the Community Integration Worker will undertake client support activities, including intake and triage, safety planning, risk assessment, court support, and providing warm referrals to other agencies.

ABOUT YOU

You will have a Degree and/or significant experience in social work, social sciences, community development, community services, or the education field and experience in working autonomously to establish, coordinate, and implement project plans.

REMUNERATION

Salary range from $95,756.96 to $100,084 per annum SCHCADS Award (depending on experience), plus employer funded superannuation. In addition, generous salary packaging is available (including access to Accommodation and Meal Entertainment packaging).

BENEFITS

NCLC staff are entitled to 5 weeks annual leave and access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT NORTHERN COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE

Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) is a dynamic not-for-profit community legal centre that operates in one of the fastest-growing areas of Melbourne and has a significant catchment, including the Merri-bek, Hume and Mitchell Shire Local Government Areas. NCLC operates from a central office in Broadmeadows, with outreach clinics in other service areas. NCLC ensures services are accessible to the community by providing legal advice, education and referrals.

However, NCLC recognizes that there are members of our community who suffer significant disadvantage. Accordingly, we prioritise access to marginalised people who have the least resources and ability to access legal assistance including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people experiencing mental ill health, disability, or cognitive impairment, homeless people, LGBTIQ+ people, refugees and newly arrived victims/survivors of family violence, and young people under 25.

NCLC employs over 25 staff, including 11 lawyers and 9 community development staff, to provide advice, casework, community legal education, community development and administrative support to priority clients. We assist clients at various outreach locations, provide telephone and face-to-face appointments, and conduct community development activities across our regions to strengthen community capacity to prevent and address legal needs.

The full position description is attached.

INTERESTED?

For further information on the role, please contact Tania McKenna, Partnerships & Community Development Manager on 03 9310 4376.

For further information on NCLC, please visit our website.

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.

A position description is attached.

Northern Community Legal Centre is committed to building a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ identifying people and mature age workers to apply.

The successful applicant will require a current Working with Children’s Check.