Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 22nd Jun 2020
“Full citizenship for all people living with a mental illness in Australian society”
The Macarthur Accommodation and Access Program (MAAP) is a time limited, focussed intervention aimed at assisting people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to access stable and sustainable housing and support arrangements. Neami’s MAAP works closely with correctional facilities, local mental health services, Aboriginal Services, Social and Community Housing services, other NGO’s and health practitioners in the Macarthur area.
The crisis service within MAAP offers six beds for single men who are homeless and a 2 bedroom unit for couples without children. There is also transitional style accommodation for single men and couples without children. These services are designed to provide a period of additional support and aimed at supporting people to exit homelessness to safe and sustainable accommodation.
MAAP has a reasonably large caseload of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service users and has a strong working partnership with Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS). Your connection with the Aboriginal community, along with a solid understanding of why people become homeless will be valuable to this role.
Mandatory requirements:
Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.
In our most recent Staff Engagement Survey, 89% of our Staff recommend Neami as a great place to work, with 88% of staff proud to say they work for Neami.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities as the Traditional Custodians of the land we work on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise that their sovereignty was never ceded. Neami National is committed to cultivating inclusive environments for staff, consumers and carers. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We are an environmentally conscious organisation.
Incentives include:
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description please contact:
Kath Flack-Crane, Service Manager: (02) 4627 8444 or 0447 836 050
No recruitment agencies candidates need apply.
Neami National considers that being Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).