Are you an experienced Support Worker who is passionate about supporting people experiencing homelessness? This could be your opportunity to:

• Engage, educate and empower people experiencing homelessness to access the NDIS
• Make a difference by connecting vulnerable people with relevant services
• Enjoy a supportive, friendly and flexible work environment

About Us

Independent Community Living Australia (ICLA) is a not-for-profit community organisation delivering personalised support to people with psychosocial, intellectual and other disabilities as well as those seeking support at difficult times in their life. We manage a number of supported residential and mental health support services across the greater Sydney region, promoting people’s independence, active participation and inclusion in the community. We foster a flexible and inclusive work environment, where everyone’s contributions are valued, while providing a rewarding service to our local community.

About the Role

The Outreach Worker will provide assertive outreach supports to engage with people who are experiencing homelessness, who may also have a psychosocial disability, with the objective of supporting them through the NDIS application process. This role is for a fixed term commencing January 2021 and ending in June 2021, remunerated at $31.02 per hour plus optional salary packaging.

Responsibilities include:

• Undertaking assertive outreach activities to engage with people experiencing homelessness and promoting understanding of the NDIS and relevance to them.
• Supporting consumers to participate in preliminary assessments to determine potential eligibility for the NDIS.
• Supporting consumers through their NDIS application.
• Supporting consumers to identify goals using motivational interviewing techniques.
• Supporting consumers and service providers to write, gather and collate effective supporting evidence/documents.
• Supporting the facilitation, set up, pack down and consumer engagement during project events.
• Assisting consumers and Embark II team to book and attend meetings/appointments with service providers and mainstream supports and to gather supporting evidence forms.
• Assisting in linking consumers with relevant service providers as needed.

About You

Essential: Experience, Qualifications and Personal Attributes

• Experience working with homelessness and/or people who live with a psychosocial disability
• Experience in a wide range of community events and functions
• Experience working with the NDIS
• Commitment to trauma informed and consumer led practice
• Ability to travel across Sydney and within NSW if required
• First aid, current NSW driver’s license, WWCC, police check and category A vaccinations are all required for the role

Desirable:

• Certificate 4 in mental health or working towards a tertiary qualification in mental health or disability;
• Mental Health First Aid certificate
• Experience with outreach

Benefits

ICLA offers:

• Charity salary packaging to pay benefits and living expenses from pre-income tax
• Proactive approach to infection prevention & control measures to ensure the safety of our team and residents.
• Flexible working practices
• Paid Parental Leave
• Ongoing professional development
• Dynamic and committed culture

In order to deliver on our purpose, we want to ensure that we represent the diversity of the Australian community, so we would welcome expressions of interest from candidates who can help us to achieve this goal.

Please note our Head Office will be closed from 25/12/20 to 01/01/21.