• Make an impact and support clients to achieve positive outcomes
• Learning and development opportunities
• Hybrid working arrangements – full-time in Richmond

About us

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations. We have been delivering high quality family and relationship support services to for over 75 years. Our vision is for positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians.

Open Place is a support service for ‘Forgotten Australians’/Victorian pre 1990 Care Leavers and coordinates and provides direct assistance to address the needs and issues of people who grew up in ‘care’. Open Place helps people to deal with the legacy of their childhood experiences and to support them to improve their health and wellbeing.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager at Open Place, your responsibilities include working collaboratively to provide individual support including referral and connection to mainstream and specialist services, as well as advocacy regarding barriers and the coordination of multiple services. Your duties also involve providing outreach to home and community as required, targeting the service to those most in need, and providing assistance with addressing a single issue or longer-term case management for complex service user situations. This position will also support Forgotten Australians regarding Victorian Government redress and related Advance payments.

This opportunity is located at our Bromham – Open Place Centre and is a full-time fixed-term position, ending September 2025 with the possibility of extension based on funding. The base salary range is $95k - $99k per annum.

About you

• Degree qualified in community development, welfare, social work or a related social science, or demonstrated relevant experience.
• An ability to listen with empathy and compassion and to manage sensitive and potentially confronting information.
• Demonstrated understanding of person-centred, capacity building practice and a trauma informed approach.
• Experience in facilitating groups.
• Commitment to working with disadvantaged community members, particularly adults who grew up in institutional care in Victoria.

We provide

• Competitive salary packaging as RAV is a public benevolent institution
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Generous leave entitlements, and gratis days over the Christmas/New Year period.
• Professional development and training.
• Best practice clinical supervision.
• Career progression opportunities.

Candidates can view the position description in the attachment below or at www.rav.org.au/careers. Contact Fiona Paraman, Acting Centre Manager by phoning 0457 868 461 for specific queries. Candidates will be required to provide evidence of two COVID-19 vaccinations.

RAV is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from under-represented culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities, and people living with disability. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them.