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 is a community organisation established in 1987. Our core activity is to promote people’s independence, active participation and inclusion in the community to live a valued life.

We offer a flexible and family friendly work environment for our staff 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 is a 12 month fixed term position.

Responsibilities include:

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

Experience, Qualifications and Personal Attributes

Essential:

• 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

Our VISION - The people we support, our staff and the organisation, all thrive

Our MISSION - We deliver personalised support enabling individual choice to improve people's lives.

Our VALUES

•      Respect for all
•     Integrity in all we do
•     Results for those we serve
•     Accountable in all we do

Apply now for your opportunity to utilise and develop your skills while supporting ICLA's vision. You will have access to full salary packaging benefits, genuine work life balance and be a part of an energetic and dedicated team.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal Check.