About Us

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society. 

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. 

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• SCHCADS Award: hourly rates range from $49.28 -  $51.51
• Not-for-profit salary packaging tax free benefits, increasing your take home pay! 
• Involves travel across South West Sydney: Main office based in Campbelltown

Your Role 

In this rewarding role you will be providing care coordination, intensive case management and specialist support for clients who are seeking assistance with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and other complex support needs.

You will undertake person-centred comprehensive assessments and care planning in conjunction with the client and use your knowledge and skills of the AOD and other sectors to effectively provide tailored care, that assists individuals achieve their care plan goals. In this diverse role you will be delivering services on an outreach basis, meeting with clients in various locations, onsite and virtually.

You will be joining a supportive and inclusive team, where you can contribute meaningfully to the community and make a real difference to people's lives.

Your Responsibility

• Undertake person centred comprehensive assessment & care planning in conjunction with persons seeking support.
• Work in partnerships with referring staff and agencies.
• Develop and implement referral pathways & facilitate access to range of community-based health and non-health services.
• Ensure treatments are targeted & culturally appropriate for Indigenous Australians including linkages to appropriate services.
• Maintain accurate client records, case notes and other data as directed and required.
• Provide direct support and referral in the particular focus areas of employment, training/education, daily living skills, homelessness/housing, social engagement and participation and family and community reconnection.

You Will Need 

• Relevant tertiary qualification/s or VET sector qualification and significant ongoing experience.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating care for persons with complex support needs (including in particular AOD support needs co-occurring with serious mental health issues and other issues such as homelessness, trauma, contact with the criminal justice system and family and cultural separation).
• Demonstrated ability to undertake assessment including utilising standardised tools.
• Demonstrated ability to work therapeutically with clients (e.g. provide therapeutic (treatment) interventions).
• Demonstrated ability to conduct self in a professional, ethical and non-judgmental manner.
• Willingness to work within the CCCP, the Society’s AOD Model of Care and the Society’s Client-centred Service Delivery Model.
• Knowledge of, and ability to access, a range of relevant community resources.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and to work independently and unsupervised.
• Computer literacy skills including experience in computerised data collection.
• NSW driver licence (will be required to drive and sometimes provide client transportation)

Apply Now 

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

If you have any question about the role please email: [email protected], using the subject line: Continuing Coordinated Care Program (CCCP) Care Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process. 

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.