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ABOUT US

The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia's largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

The Salvation Army Australia's Homelessness Stream provides high quality, person centred services to people at risk, and or experiencing homelessness. We support adults and families, including accompanying children with accommodation, case management, outreach support, financial assistance, connection and referral to other specialist services.

Our philosophy is that every person deserves dignity, respect and quality of service and that no one should be without a safe, affordable and secure.

The Women's Outreach Support Service (WOSS) program engages with women in the cycle of crisis to support them in moving forward. WOSS provides short term support, ranging from a one off contact to a period of up to six months.

To be eligible for support, clients are experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness or living in an at-risk situation. The program supports women (without accompanying children) aged 25 years and over.

Aims of the program are to:

• Assist people to understand their housing and other service options
• Support people to create goals, focusing on strengths and identified needs
• Provide case management support to assist people to implement strategies in order to achieve their goals
• Support people to address barriers to long term housing
• Develop collaborative relationships and protocols with other community networks and to ensure that clients have access to appropriate services

We are seeking a dedicated and values driven Case Manager to provide person centred supports ensuring access for clients to relevant services, advocacy in obtaining safe and secure housing, referral in relation to legal issues, income security, health issues, drug and alcohol problems, specialised counselling and psychiatric issues. Case Managers work collaboratively with clients and other stakeholders to ensure the individual is provided with appropriate support in their journey out of homelessness

This is a permanent full time position based in West Melbourne. You may be required to work from other TSA sites, such as North Melbourne and Kensington.

You will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, community services or related field
• Ability to deliver high quality support services to vulnerable people
• Knowledge of homelessness and social housing, crisis intervention and the ability to collaborate with other program areas
• Skills in engaging with the specified client group; demonstrated capacity to build effective relationships with clients based on social work and psychologically informed environments
• Assessment skills and knowledge of a range of theories including trauma informed practice and strengths-based approaches
• Demonstrated capacity to time manage while maintaining required documentation and IT systems to DFFH and organisational standards
• Competent to work solo when required and respond effectively to critical incidents in a safe manner
• Ability to remain calm, focused and maintain perspective when faced with change, crisis and difficulty

Please include a cover letter which highlights your experience in relation to the key responsibilities of the role.

To obtain a position description or to find out more about the role, email Danielle Haley - Service Coordinator, Homelessness Case Management Services on [email protected] using the subject line: Case Manager - Women's Outreach Support Services enquiry via EthicalJobs.

What we offer

• Position is paid in-line with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award Level 5
• Flexible working arrangements including monthly RDO
• Enjoy generous tax-free salary packaging benefits
• Discounted Private Health Insurance rates
• Career development opportunities
• A challenging and rewarding work environment with a supportive and dynamic team

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex
• people with a culturally or linguistically diverse background

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people.

The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation that is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of children and young people, and protecting them from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all other roles require a mandatory National Police Check.

We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.