Job description
- Leading Housing and homelessness organisation
- Max Term until 30 June 2024, 45.60 hours per f/n
- $42.5554 per hour + super + NFP salary packaging
- Immediate start, based in Southbank
Why join Launch Housing
Our mission is to end homelessness. We aim to get people housed, keep them housed, and be an influential voice on ending homelessness. We are a secular, independent provider of choice for clients and we’re striving to be the go-to organisation on homelessness for government, media, philanthropy, private donors and the community.
Our people are the backbone of our organisation and supporting their wellbeing and professional development is critical to our ability to help our clients and the community. We value lived experience and diversity in our staff, and actively work to ensure everyone is able to make their career with Launch Housing fulfilling.
Launch Housing is working to become more trauma informed and as a leading employer in the homelessness sector, it is important to let you know that you will hear stories of distress, hardship, trauma, or violence when working with us. We encourage you to reflect on how this may impact you when considering applying for the role. Sustaining the Health & Well-being of our staff is our priority. We provide high-quality training & supervision, Wellbeing Days, and access to Employee Assistance Program.
Our permanent and fixed-term employee benefits include:
- Contributing to useful and rewarding work and giving something back to the community
- Wellbeing days, ceremonial leave, carers leave and study leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Purchased leave
- 17.5% leave loading
- Gender neutral paid parental leave (after 12 months of service)
- Training and career growth opportunities across Launch Housing
- A portion of your income can be tax-free by salary packaging your personal expenses
- Additional tax-free salary packaging on dining and accommodation expenses
- Positive, supportive and progressive work environment
What you’ll be doing
Reporting into the Coordinator – Alcohol & Other Drugs you will provide support to clients who are experiencing addiction and/or substance dependence. This could range from a one-off harm reduction session, right through to long-term case management. Your role contributes to a world-class harm reduction program and is an outpost role which will be based at various residential sites across Metropolitan Melbourne.
You will
- Support a self-determined caseload of voluntary clients to identify and achieve AOD related goals.
- Complete AOD screening/assessment tools, and support clients in accessing residential and community-based support services.
- Develop Individual Treatment Plans (ITP’s) collaboratively with clients.
- Support complex clients through the life of their treatment plan.
- Provide harm-reduction based information sessions to at risk clients.
- Contribute to the ongoing operation of a (secondary) Needle and Syringe Program (NSP), and a world-class harm-reduction program.
For further information on the role please refer to the position description attached in this advertisement.
What we’re looking for (Key selection criteria)
At Launch Housing we are always on the lookout for great people who share our values. If you are kind, passionate and believe that it is possible to end homelessness then we want you!
You will have
- Relevant tertiary qualification which meets the minimum standard qualifications to work in the AOD Sector (eg. Certificate IV in AOD or AOD competencies) or a willingness to obtain these qualifications.
- Demonstrated experience in client facing human services, social work or other relevant discipline, with a preference for an understanding of housing and homelessness policy, context and systems.
- An understanding of AOD treatments and interventions, including knowledge of the different types of public AOD services available.
- An understanding of AOD theories, including harm minimisation and problematic substance combinations.
- An understanding of trauma informed practice and the individual and structural relationships between trauma, substance dependence, and homelessness.
- Full Victorian Drivers Licence (mandatory).
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this opportunity, please click on “Apply Now” button. Please submit a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and your CV.
If you need additional information about this role, please contact Kat Lauder on [email protected] using the subject line: Case Manager – AOD Outpost enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Please note shortlisting will occur on a rolling basis, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
A position description is attached.
Launch Housing offers a wide range of career opportunities and employs a diverse range of talent. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons to apply! We acknowledge, respect and celebrate Aboriginal cultures, languages, connections to Country and heritage, customs and practices. We’re committed to support Aboriginal peoples to obtain genuine and fulfilling career with us!
Launch Housing is a dog-friendly organisation, which allows dog owners to bring them onsite, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected] if you have any concerns prior to your interview.
If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know at [email protected].
Launch Housing is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance to child abuse. Our hiring process involves rigorous screening of applicants. All of our people including students, contractors and volunteers must hold a valid Working with Children Check and satisfactory criminal history record check.
Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply. All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.