Seeking a passionate support worker to join the Towards Home+ team in providing rehabilitation and support to consumers who have experienced homelessness

About the Role

• Part Time (0.8 FTE)
• Maximum Term Contract until 30 June 2021
• $63,670 - $68,264 p.a (pro rata) excluding super
• Towards Home+ service based in Geelong

Towards Home+ as part of the Victorian Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan (2018), has the following new suite of services:

• Assertive outreach team with flexible brokerage
• Supportive housing team
• Modular Unit Support

The Peer Support Worker (PSW) will have a lived experience of homelessness and will play a key role in the Assertive Outreach Team. The Peer Support Worker will draw on their lived experience in having been homeless and will use this lived experience in promoting the service, offering hope, building rapid rapport and in identifying and managing risk. This position is part of the Towards Home + Team a joint initiative led by Neami and partnered with Launch Housing, Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, Uniting Care ReGen, Bolton Clarke and Melbourne City Mission.

Core duties

• Engage consumers and develop trusting and professional relationships
• Intensive case management support to people sleeping rough
• Intensive assistance to access accommodation
• Intensive post-settlement support
• Referral and linkage to relevant support services
• Secondary Consultation
• Collect, collate and maintain data on consumer contact
• Case co-ordination and referral that focuses on supporting connection with services that will meet individuals long term needs.

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience in working with people with a psychiatric disability (preferable)
• Lived experience of homelessness and demonstrated experience of recovery
• Extensive experience in working with homelessness
• A clear ability to work within and to develop strong collaborative relationships
• Extensive experience and the ability to engage consumers and carers in a positive manner
• The ability to set and maintain clear professional boundaries
• A commitment to consumers’ rights and to consumers’ active participation in planning their service
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of the recovery model
• Computer skills
• Relevant work experience in the areas of health; welfare; allied health; housing or homelessness

Mandatory requirements:

• Current Working with Children Check
• Australian Working Rights
• Drivers licence
• Police check (refer to PD) – disclosable outcomes considered
• Fully Insured and Registered vehicle ready for work use (if required)
• A Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme Check will be undertaken prior to commencement

About Neami National

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 87% 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:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Induction and extensive Learning and Development Program
• Regular Practice Development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

A position description is attached.

How to apply:

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions please contact:

Name: Susan Taylor, Service Manager Towards Home+
Phone number: 0438 641 951

No recruitment agencies candidates need apply.

We celebrate multidisciplinary teams and value the rich skills and experiences brought by applicants from a range of sectors and professional backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.