• 0.5FTE Part Time Fixed Term (Parental Leave Cover until 16 August 2024) + SACS Level 4 classification $82,045 - $86,331 pa (Pro Rata Part Time) + 11% super + Salary Packaging Benefits
• Deer Park location + Free onsite parking
• Opportunity to drive meaningful wellbeing coordination services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness

The Opportunity

The Homeless and at Risk of Homelessness Response (HaRH) program focuses on the Brimbank, Melton and Hobsons Bay LGAs supporting those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, including residents in rooming houses, caravan parks, public and community housing. Our multidisciplinary team, through a coordinated, collaborative client centred approach provides targeted and tailored assertive outreach strategies to engage with these communities. Our Wellbeing Coordinators undertake wholistic health and wellbeing assessments, facilitates and supports appropriate active linkages into IPC Health, committed to priority access, services and/or referrals into external services, support and enhance the client journey to better health outcomes.

Within this rewarding role, you will use your well developed client centred engagement and assessment skills and experience to support and enhance the health journey of people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and those living in high risk accommodation. You will work closely with our community engagement and peer worker team members and be well supported by the Manager HaRH to provide meaningful wellbeing coordination services.

Based at our Deer Park campus, this role is Part Time Fixed Term (Parental Leave Cover until August 2024), with a potential to extend. The position is classified as a Social and Community Services Employee Level 4 offering $82,045 - $86,331pa (pro rata Part Time) under the Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2022.

You will make a difference by

• Utilising person centred engagement and assessment skills to ascertain and identify issues impacting on our client's health and wellbeing.
• Supporting and facilitating referrals internally to IPC Health or externally to local services and supports, including housing options.
• Empowering individuals and groups to build capacity to address issues impacting on their health and wellbeing.
• Establishing strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve referral pathways and accessibility of community-based support services and programs.
• Being an active participant in the multidisciplinary HaRH team with a shared commitment to executing quality improvement process to enhance the service model and achieve the best client outcomes.

To succeed, you will need

• Tertiary qualification in social work, counselling or allied health and with demonstrated experience working in community health, housing or community services sector.
• Excellent motivational interviewing and holistic wellbeing assessment skills.
• Proven experience empowering individuals in a planned and structured way to improve health and wellbeing outcomes particularly with diverse and disadvantaged communities.
• Experienced in stakeholder engagement with proven ability to strategically engage, negotiate and influence, others to achieve better outcomes.
• Excellent technical skills in Microsoft Office suite and client management systems, experience with TrakCare is highly desirable. 
• A current Victorian drivers licence, Working with Childrens Check.

We will offer you

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth through our Recognition Program and Wellbeing and Celebrations Committee.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing and meals and entertainment, up to 14 weeks paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Success Profile, submit your resume and respond to a few short questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Eliza Mead - Manager Community Connections on 0448 909 165.

Position Description: Success Profile - Wellbeing Coordinator (HARH).

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected], using the subject line: Wellbeing Coordinator - Community Connections enquiry via EthicalJobs, with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.