• South-East Metro Melbourne
• Full time, 38 hours per week with the option to compress hours and receive a monthly RDO
• $ 91,000 – $95, 000 per annum + NFP Salary Packaging
• Rainbow Tick accredited organisation
  

About the role

VincentCare Victoria is seeking an appropriately-qualified person to provide leadership and guidance to a dedicated team of case managers who provide intensive refuge support to victim-survivors.

The role is an integral part of the Olive’s Place specialist family violence program, which provides support and accommodation to adult and child victim-survivors who have fled their homes due to family violence. The program aims to support and empower victim-survivors to rebuild confidence and self-esteem, establish a life without violence and achieve a maximum level of self-reliance and independence.

We have a lot of work to do in this space. In your first year you will work on:

• Managing the program’s 24/7 on-call roster and team member’s caseloads;
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients to support and maintain independence and change through a case management process;
• Leading the team in appropriate responses to client needs and oversee that case plans for clients are created appropriately, documented and actioned accordingly;
• And plenty of other interesting initiatives…

About us

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout Victoria. Our aspiration is to provide care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage through our provision of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised and disadvantaged in our community, aiming always to support, empower and to respect a client's dignity.

About you

You are a qualified professional with experience in providing comprehensive case management, planning and support to assist clients within a family violence setting. You understand partnership initiatives and deliverables and have an ability to work alongside other stakeholders.

You have experience in maintaining constructive, empathetic, supportive and respectful working relationships particularly for an integrated service response.

Your experience and knowledge also extend to:

• Effectively engaging with people experiencing complex issues;
• An ability to manage critical incidents, identify and act upon immediate risks in both outreach and service-based capacities;
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills;
• Experience in liaising with other community service organisations for the development of on-going relationships and referral protocols beneficial to client support.

Why work for us? We offer:

• An opportunity to contribute to an award-winning Not-For-Profit organisation.
• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We are committed to professional development to make sure that your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.
• We like to have a laugh and you will always find some sort of chocolate or cake in our work area… be prepared!
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.

Grow with VincentCare

If making a difference is important to you, we can't wait to hear from you! Please submit your CV together with a cover letter detailing your responses to the key selection criteria which can be found in the position description available below.

Applications close: Please don't delay in submitting your application as applications will be reviewed upon submission.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact Michelle Olley on 0447 816 097 or 1300 556 122.

All appointments within VincentCare Victoria are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. These will include a police check, character/performance reference checks, working with children check, and providing your COVID-19 vaccination certificate.

As per the minimum mandatory qualifications requirements (Royal Commission into Family Violence (2015) Recommendation 209) mandatory minimum qualifications) all candidates wishing to apply for this role must be able to demonstrate that they meet minimum qualification requirements or equivalency principles, i.e. candidates are required to hold a Bachelor of Social Work or other equivalent qualification; or are considered exempt under the Policy; or have a minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience; or a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualifications requirement; or hold significant cultural knowledge and experience, lived experience, and/or have faced barriers to educational pathways (note Mandatory Requirements).

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 peoples.

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.