Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 3rd Aug 2022
- Melbourne > Mount Waverley
We have an exciting opportunity for a number of passionate Transitional Support Workers to join our Homelessness Support Services Program. Within the Program, our HOPE (Housing Options Program Eastern) team provides early intervention outreach support to families, single adults and couples who are homeless, or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The team assists clients to access and maintain housing, and break the cycle of homelessness.
As a Transitional Support Worker, you will provide engaging case management support to clients from a diverse range of backgrounds. The role will empower clients to identify and address their individual support needs that contributed to their homelessness. The Transitional Support Worker will engage clients through outreach, assist clients to establish and maintain sustainable tenancies, and support them to access relevant resources and specialist services.
View the full position description here: PD - Transitional Support Worker.pdf
To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a Diploma of Community Services, Welfare Work or a related discipline. A degree qualification in Social Work would be highly regarded.
You will also have:
If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:
Debbie Jones-Taylor – Homelessness Team Leader
T: (03) 9051 3000
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Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking. It is a condition of employment that all eligible workforce receive the COVID-19 vaccination and supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties at any of Uniting’s workplaces.
Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.