• Permanent Part time 21 hours per week

Enjoy the benefits of working with a growing organisation offering career development, flexibility and an attractive annual salary package up to $42.48 per hour (including leave loading and superannuation). 

The Role:

VincentCare has a new opportunity for a positive, motivated, energetic, professional Key Worker who is committed to making a difference in the housing and homelessness sector.

The Assisted Care and Housing is a CHSP funded program that will use a strength-based approach to support older people who are living in insecure housing, homeless or at risk of homelessness.

The Key Worker will be responsible for the ongoing development of the program in northern Metro and will link clients to the most appropriate range of housing services in order to meet their immediate and ongoing needs. 

VincentCare Victoria:

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. 

Seniors Living comprises of a Wellbeing centre, Home Care Packages, ACH and Community Support Workers to assist and support older people to remain living in their own homes and the community for as long as possible.

Working with VincentCare:

A key strategic priority is attracting and retaining skilled and committed employees aligned to our values. VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including:

• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging
• Choice of Superannuation fund
• Family-friendly and flexibility
• Study leave
• The Ozanam Scholar Bursary

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion. 

Essential Selection Criteria:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications, skills and demonstrated minimum 3 years’ experience in Housing services, Community services, Health services, Aged Care or relevant fields.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in dealing with the private, community and public housing providers.
• An understanding of the wellbeing and care issues for older people.
• Confidence working within the Aged Care Standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience of advocating on behalf of clients and negotiating with housing providers.
• Demonstrated ability to respond professionally and effectively to competing priorities, use initiative and work independently.
• Demonstrated  cultural competence and commitment to work respectfully with indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse people, including clients and staff.
• Experience using client record management data bases (Single Client Record preferred).
• Current Victorian Drivers licence.
• Reliable car.

How to apply:

Applicants must submit their CV together with a detailed and separate response to each of the key selection criteria in the position description which is available below.

Please submit your application through our website by clicking on Apply Now.

Phone enquiries may be made to Kathy Rieusset 0448 031 816.

VincentCare welcomes applications from people from diverse cultural & linguistic backgrounds including people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander.

All appointments within VincentCare Victoria are subject to satisfactory completion of a police check and character/performance reference checks.  Police checks will be undertaken for the selected candidate prior to any job offer being confirmed. Police checks are also undertaken on a periodic basis during the period of employment.

All appointments are subject to disclosure of any relevant employment history of formal disciplinary action for improper or unprofessional conduct taken by current or previous employers or any other integrity body within or outside Australia.

The incumbent for this position must have and maintain a current Victorian Working with Children Check or equivalent.