• 19 hrs per week

Enjoy the benefits of working with a growing organisation offering career development, flexibility and an attractive annual salary package (including leave loading and superannuation). Please note this is a contract position up to April 2022.

The Role:

VincentCare Victoria is seeking an appropriately-qualified person to take on the position of 'families education key worker' within a multidisciplinary team HomeConnect team.

The Families Education Key Worker plays an important role within a multidisciplinary team of professionals in supporting and working with families who are at risk of, or current experiencing housing distress. The role is situated in a team of two other professionals, each with a different focus in supporting and assisting families within the HomeConnect Program. The team works from a "families centred" approach, promoting self-determination and empowerment to achieve sustainable and meaningful outcomes.

The role of the Families Education Key Worker is to work directly with families (including both caregivers and child/children) and schools to maintain engagement, attendance, and to promote healthy social and developmental outcomes for children.

The Families Education Key Worker will act as a key worker to provide practical support, case co-ordination to the family and work collaboratively with the Cross Cohorts team along with external services to achieve the goals identified in the family's Integrated Case Plan.

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.

Northern Community Hub provides integrated services in the community housing sector, along with family violence services, case management services and youth outreach services.

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.

Selection Criteria:

Core specifics:

• Incorporate active engagement and rapport building strategies with clients that promotes self determination and empowerment;
• Interact with clients and work from a rights-based person centred approach that enshrines and respects diversity, equality, choice, and client participation;

Client Centred:

• Provide case management within a rights based/person cantered framework that is strengths based, trauma informed and solution focused;
• Provide interventions/direct service delivery including assertive engagement, assessment, information and referral for all clients;

Administrative:

• Ensure that the Key Workers Team Leader is made immediately aware of any serious incidents and that all incidents are recorded into the RiskMan Incident Reporting Tool;
• Timely and accurate completion of client file notes in line with relevant legislation;

Financial:

• Adhere to the financial reporting processes of the organisation and liaise with the Key Workers Team Leader in regards to any expenditure.

Compliance:

• Ensure all work undertaken within areas of accountability complies with VincentCare values, policies, procedures, codes of conduct and legislative/regulatory requirements and recognised accreditation standards.

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 at: Families Education Key Worker 2021.doc

Phone enquiries may be made to Ayfer Berdilek on 0427 378 668 or Linda Cresp on 0407 188 706.

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.