• Full Time, Fixed Term
• Hourly rate range $44.58-$47.97 + Superannuation + Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

This position sits within the AOD CBD Response cluster, which aims to improve the wellbeing of people who use alcohol and other drugs, delivering a human rights approach, outreach and case management.

This role will carry a case load for casework and will also contribute to the delivery of outreach harm reduction services to women and gender diverse individuals and groups.

Please refer to the Position Description to know more about the role.

Your duties include:

• Carry a caseload of clients for case work, building relationship with internal and external stakeholders

• Assist clients with support needs to set goals, delivering case work and providing short term referrals

• Undertake assertive street outreach within a multidisciplinary team
• Provide harm reduction education, advocacy, and referral

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click 
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• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum Certificate IV in a relevant discipline (e.g. Alcohol and Other Drugs, Community Development, Social Work)
• Lived experience will be highly regarded
• Sound knowledge of case work and the health and social issues and service sector for people who use substances and sleep rough, as well as an understanding of MARAM Framework 
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission 

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Merelyn Fernon [email protected] using the subject line: Case Worker - Women & Gender Diverse enquiry via EthicalJobs.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.