Your future workplace

Every day of the year, Sacred Heart Mission assist hundreds of people who are experiencing homelessness or living in poverty to find shelter, food, care and support. We are in this for the long haul - we are committed to making a sustainable difference in people’s lives. Everyone is welcome at our table.

The GreenLight Supportive Housing Program is run in partnership with VincentCare, and Salvation Army. We support people who have experienced chronic homelessness including rough sleeping to establish a home and community connection, provide specific interventions to sustain tenancies, and will support underlying health and other issues that may impact on people staying housed.

Your new role

As a full-time Supportive Housing Worker, you will spend your days working with a multi-disciplinary team that assists people to settle into housing, stay housed, and improve their quality of life. The role will see you working in the community and in people’s homes as you assist them to develop goals and navigate services that meet their needs to stay housed.

We're looking for

• Dynamic and motivated team player
• Relevant degree or above qualifications
• Experience working with people experiencing complex needs and/ or homelessness and housing
• A strength-based approach
• Resilience, flexibility and adaptability
• Creative outcome focused attitude

You can look forward to

• Salary packaging expenses like your rent, holiday accommodation and dining out: up to $15,990 pre-tax
• Structured training and professional development, group reflective practice, regular line supervision, and access to an employee assistance program
• Stability of a contract until June 2021. This term maybe extended dependent on funding.
• Scholarship opportunities

Come and Work with us

To join our team, simply 'Apply Now'.

For more information about the role, contact Annie Lynch, Program and Partnership Manager on 0412 229 637.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, and the position may close earlier than stated if we have found a suitable candidate.

Sacred Heart Mission value and respect diversity and welcome applications from people from all walks of life. All appointments are subject to Police Checks and certain roles require additional pre-screening as outlined in the position description. All NDIS roles will require a Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme (DWES) check against the Disability Worker Exclusion List (DWEL). Individuals placed on the DWEL will not be engaged by Sacred Heart Mission.

A position description is attached.