• Be part of a team at YFS helping people find housing and get the support they need.
• This varied role combines fast-paced information and advice services with more in-depth case work with people who are being impacted by the current housing crisis.
• Join a dynamic organisation backing people to overcome adversity and to thrive.

About the job

Role location: Slacks Creek

Role type: Permanent, full-time

Pay range: $85,393 a year, with salary packaging exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available

In this role you will:

• Provide information, referral, advice, assessment, and intake services to people experiencing homelessness.
• Work one-on-one with people who need extra support to develop and implement a housing pathway plan, to explore available options and achieve their housing goals.
• Support the Logan Zero project by contributing to our understanding of homelessness in Logan.
• Work collaboratively with other services including financial counsellors, homelessness, domestic and family violence and employment services to provide holistic responses.

About you

Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related role description available from our careers page, you’ll be a great fit if:

• You are optimistic, practical and solution focused, doing what it takes to back people to achieve solutions.
• You are flexible and enjoy variety, including being comfortable working in a high-volume information and referral service as well as providing case work to clients as required.
• You understand housing and homelessness, the barriers facing people in housing crisis, while identifying pathways out of homelessness.
• You have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with vulnerable people in immediate crisis.
• You have qualifications in human services and/ or relevant experience.

About us

At YFS, we make a real difference to the lives of people living in the Logan and surrounding area.

We have a real commitment to seeing people thrive, including our staff. We encourage staff to bring their entire selves to work, because we know that a happy workplace thrives.

In our recent Employee Opinion Survey our staff said the best things about working at YFS are the challenging work/job satisfaction, fellow employees, teamwork, and pay and benefits.

We’re serious about your professional development. And we empower each other to make decisions and try new ways of working.

Depending on your role, we support flexible work arrangements.

We also offer great employment benefits including above-average pay rates, generous salary packaging (exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax), portable long service leave, counselling support and free parking.

To find out more about working with us, head to yfs.org.au/work-for-us.

Interested?

Read Advice for Job Applicants and check out our Organisational Chart here.

Contact Anita Watson on 07 3826 1500 if you want to talk about the role.

Interviews are scheduled for 27th September 2024.

People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community, are encouraged to apply.