Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 23rd Apr 2021
Settlement Services International (SSI Group) is a community-based organisation and social business that supports newcomers and Australians to achieve their full potential. Taking an integrated approach how everyone can thrive within the community in which they live and the wider Australian society, we support children, young people and families; people living with disability; and asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Our programs include facilitating employment, multicultural foster care, creating community engagement, advocacy, and influencing government and international affairs and provide though leadership within our sector nationally and globally.
SSI Employment and Enterprises provides recruitment services, pre-employment planning and training, and work experience opportunities to help people establish suitable career pathways.
Meaningful employment is an important component to a stable, secure and independent future. SSI works with long-term unemployed, newly arrived refugees, people seeking asylum, migrants, young people and people with disability to achieve this.
The Employment Facilitator will work within the RESP team, working with RESP clients to support them to develop their employability and improve their ability to find employment.
The Employment Facilitator will work directly with refugee and asylum seeker clients to provide individualised employment support, and will work closely with other team members and service providers to provide clients with access to a range of employment support activities. They will be responsible for achieving employment-related outcomes and targets with the client group. They will work closely with the Refugee Employment Manager, team leaders, and the wider employment team and other teams across SSI.
At SSI we have a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and volunteers. All employees will undergo a National Police Clearance and a Working with Children Check as a condition of employment.
We encourage candidates to provide a cover letter along with your resume, by submitting online. Should you be successful for the first round of shortlist, one of our Talent Acquisition Specialist will guide you through our process and next steps.
SSI will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace. If you require a reasonable adjustment, or want to update your preferred method of communication, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Employment Facilitator enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call Vimla Khooblall on 0410 801 184.