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The Good Samaritan Inn (GSI) support services are a critical part of the Victorian Family Violence Service System.

GSI provides a range of crisis and short-term accommodation and support services to women* and gender diverse people, including children and young people, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

*GSI extends its service provision to all women (i.e. trans and cisgender women), non-binary, and gender diverse people, including children and young people.

About the role

Case Support Worker Part Time ongoing rostered shifts

This position is paid under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2023. Social and community services Level 4.

The Case Support Workers' primary role is to provide trauma-informed, non-judgmental, emotional, and practical support to women and children who have experienced family violence and homelessness. Most of this support will take place whilst women and families are residing at the Good Samaritan Inn’s crisis accommodation facility.

Support Work involves a variety of tasks including welcoming women and families to the service and providing an intake function, undertaking ongoing risk assessment and safety planning, liaising with external agencies, and ensuring that the environment is friendly, culturally inclusive, and client focused.

Rostered shifts as required can be:

• During the week – overnight sleep-over shift (between 4pm – 8.30am)
• During the weekend – day shift (between 8am – 4.30pm) or overnight sleep-over shift (between 4pm – 8.30am)

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For further information about these positions, please contact: Janet Ryan via email [email protected] using the subject line: Case Support Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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