Beecroft House is a housing project providing transitional housing and support to women aged over 55 at risk of homelessness. It has capacity to house up to 18 women. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

• RESPONSIBLE TO: WCS Head of Housing 
• Responsible for: No staff management, responsible for working with volunteers
• Position grade: SACS Award level 2.1 (Crisis Accommodation Employee)
• Hours: 20 hours per week
• Contract: part-time fixed term contract to December 2023                    

Key duties

• Support the effective functioning of Beecroft House; 
• Provide tailored client-centred casework to support individual residents of Beecroft House;
• Work in partnership with Link Wentworth Housing to support tenancy related issues and identify housing pathways; and
• Plan and coordinate delivery of a wellbeing program at Beecroft House, including coordination of volunteers to provide community, education and wellbeing activities on site. 

Required

Essential Criteria:

• prior demonstrated experience working in the community services sector in a support/case worker capacity, preferably providing support to women;  
• tertiary qualification in community services, social work, community development or equivalent experience;
• demonstrated experience in planning and delivering community programs;
• sophisticated understanding of the homelessness and housing pathways systems;
• knowledge around current issues and best practice in the area of domestic and family violence;
• excellent problem solving skills;
• excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills;
• experience using online case management systems.  
• Police check
• current recognised first aid qualification (such as a certificate from the St John Ambulance or similar body);
• immunisation requirements: it is a condition of employment for this role for the incumbent to be, and to remain during employment, vaccinated against COVID-19; and
• current unrestricted Australian drivers’ licence.

Desirable criteria:

• Local to Hornsby Area. 
• Experience working with women over 55. 
• Understanding of program evaluation and outcomes measurement principles.  
• Experience using CIMS.  

Women’s Community Shelters is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

Our services are provided only to women. We consider being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification for this position under section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and sections 30 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).