Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 9th Apr 2020
Junction Support Services (JSS) is committed to social change and has been working to reduce poverty and homelessness in communities in North East Victoria since 1989.
The organisation is a not for profit community service organisation providing support to children, young people, single adults and families who are disadvantaged through poverty, homelessness, family violence, mental ill health, and drug and alcohol addiction.
We work with individuals and families to support them to achieve their full potential.
Communities without disadvantage.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
Our values are embedded in our organisation and form the basis of our strategic and business planning, recruitment processes, training and leadership development.
We provide trusted human services to our clients by promoting our values to achieve our goals. We ensure our staff treat people as individuals and promote and encourage decision making and community involvement across our service areas.
Our employees proudly provide quality services to our clients in a flexible, honest, fair and confidential manner.
The Navigator program is funded by the Department of Education and Training (DET) currently services across eight Victorian Government Areas and due to the extended funding will be expanding across the state in 2019. Junction Support Services delivers the program in the Ovens Murray area.
The Navigator program will assist in building the capacity of school communities to create positive and safe environments, the Navigator Program provided advocacy and support to the young people while focusing on re-engaging clients who have been disengaged for an extended period of time.
The Navigator Case Manager role combines the capacities of the education and community services sector in supporting young people to develop re-engagement education plans, while also assisting them with their emotional wellbeing.
This role can be based at Junction Support Services Wodonga or Wangaratta.
A position description is attached.