Job Summary
- $45 - $49.99 per hour
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 1st Aug 2024
- Brisbane & Gold Coast > Wooloowin
The position will be a part-time fixed term position at a Level 5 SCHCADS Award, for 45 hours a fortnight/ 22.5 hours per week, until 30th June 2026.
This PHN Project Worker will support people who have intellectual disability, who are victim-survivors of violence to engage in peer and lived experience workforce development, to participate, and gain knowledge in co-design and governance processes. The first stage involves working alongside a Peer Worker and a lived experience Project Advisory Committee, to co-design and co-facilitate accessible psychoeducational groups for people with an intellectual disability that have experienced DFVSV. The groups will focus on providing knowledge, opportunities for discussion and support in relation to DFVSV, healthy relationships, rights and self-advocacy in the Brisbane South region.
During the second stage, Project Worker will undertake a collaborative group project alongside people with intellectual disability creating accessible resources, focused on prevention of violence against people who have an intellectual disability. This will involve co-designing and co-facilitating a series of trauma informed, accessible workshops alongside a peer worker, allowing project participants opportunity to plan, co-design and provide ongoing feedback of resources throughout their development.
The PHN project worker will recruit and support the Peer Workers and Project Advisory Committee to share their lived experience expertise, and knowledge, through ongoing participation in all aspects of the project. The role requires the worker to support WWILD peer workers and provide support and knowledge around governance processes to the Project Advisory Committee, with the support of the second project worker and manager.
The role may also include providing relevant referral and information support to people with a disability, their families, carers, support workers and other professionals.
Manager
This is a part time fixed term position and is located in Wooloowin, Brisbane. Some travel may be required in Queensland and/or nationally.
Level 5 of the QCSCA Award under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (SCHCADS) (26) with accompanying salary sacrifice benefits.
The position is reliant on the availability of ongoing funding.
In applying for this position, you are required to submit a written response addressing the selection criteria listed below.
Contact details are required of three referees who have supervised you or are knowledgeable about your work. Referees from recent and relevant employers are preferred.
If you would like to discuss this position further, please contact Jane Barrett or Gillian O'Brien on (07) 32629877.
A position description is attached.