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We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values, if you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to review our current vacancies.

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.

Homelessness Melbourne Metro is committed to providing person centred care, trauma informed practice and a strengths-based approach to improve the health, wellbeing and housing outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.

The Homelessness Melbourne Metro region is a large Homelessness provider in the inner city of Melbourne and provides a comprehensive range of residential & community services across seven sites in St Kilda, Footscray, North Melbourne, West Melbourne, Kensington and Fitzroy.

Community programs include the Crisis Contact Centre, Community Outreach Services for single adults, support for older people in public housing, rough sleeper & street sleeping initiatives, community participation and AOD support.

Residential services operate from Foley House in Footscray, the Open Door in North Melbourne and Flagstaff in West Melbourne.

Homelessness Melbourne Metro is supported by co-located services including the TSA Chaplaincy program, Bolton Clarke primary health service and NDIS support coordination.

GreenLight Plus Program

The Salvation Army (TSA) and Sacred Heart Mission (SHM) will deliver the exciting and innovative new multidisciplinary GreenLight Plus program.

GreenLight Plus program teams in TSA and SHM will work with people making the transition from chronic homelessness and rough sleeping currently accommodated in hotel emergency accommodation due to Covid 19. People will be supported into longer term housing, while addressing their unique experience of homelessness and the individual health and wellbeing factors to maintain their housing. TSA will also be a key partner in providing access to housing as part of the GreenLight Plus program. The key outcome is stable housing for people and no return to homelessness.

We are looking for a progressive and compassionate supportive housing worker who shares our mission & values and is committed to achieving positive client outcomes. If you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role, working with people experiencing homelessness, please contact us for a copy of the Position Description.

The role

We are committed to working with the most disadvantaged, marginalised and complex members of our community to support them in recovering from their experience of trauma and homelessness.

This role provides assertive engagement, assessment, brief intervention, flexible case management and service coordination for people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The role will work to ensure that the service provided is person centred, effective in achieving client goals, program outcomes, and are of the highest quality in accordance with TSA's values and legislative and funding requirements.

What we offer

• As a registered not for profit organisation, you may be eligible for generous tax-free salary packaging benefits
• Financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service
• An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate and professional team members
• Full-time contract to 30/6/23
• Located in Kensington, close to public transport & parking

About you

• Appropriate degree qualification relevant to the delivery of community services e.g. Social Work, Psychology, or equivalent. Candidates with Diploma qualifications and outstanding relevant experience may be considered
• Utilise persistent and assertive engagement techniques to establish and maintain a robust professional relationship with clients
• Manage a case load in an outreach capacity and adopt an assertive engagement approach; providing brief intervention, flexible support, case management, service coordination, referral and advocacy to successfully achieve client goals
• Coordinate case conferences, planning and exit planning in conjunction with referring agencies.
• Work in partnership with other GreenLight Plus Program staff, clinicians and Peer Settlement Support Workers
• Apply the objectives and tools of the TSA Case Management Framework and the Trauma Informed Care Framework
• A current VIC Drivers Licence
• Valid VIC Employee Working with Children Check
• Ability to provide proof of Eligibility to Work in Australia

If you would like to discuss the role or to obtain a Position Description, please contact Stephen Watson, H2H Team Leader (0437 562 794 / [email protected] using the subject line: Supportive Housing Worker - GreenLight Plus Program enquiry via EthicalJobs).

The Salvation Army is subject to public health orders. You may be required to provide evidence of vaccine status dependent on requirements.

TSA Social Mission embraces diversity and encourages 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. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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

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