Job description
- One-year fixed term part-time role based in St Marys (3 days a week)
- Utilise your skills by providing high quality case management service
- Be part of a strong and caring community that values personal well-being and one another
About the role:
Our HopeStreet – Women’s Services provides spaces of belonging, increasing safety and creating choice. Women’s Services includes Women’s Centres that are safe for women facing challenges and at risk of marginalisation, including women involved in the sex industry, women facing domestic violence, and those based in the social housing community of the inner city and western suburbs.
Our team works together to create trusted places where people gather, community is strong and lives are transformed. We walk with each person to understand the unique circumstances of their life and we empower them to live well through practical and reliable support.
This role will be providing the highest possible standard of support and clinical case work to clients within a trauma informed care framework.
The successful candidate will have:
- Qualifications in Community Services, Social Work, Counselling, or other relevant fields (Diploma minimum)
- Experience in working in case work or counselling role with women, children and young people who have experienced Domestic and Family Violence
- Experience in social or community work, counselling, and group facilitation
- Extensive experience working in a trauma informed, client centred way
- Experience in working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities
- Experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people/communities
- Ability to communicate in Thai or Mandarin is desirable
- Models & promotes BaptistCare vision, purpose and practises & leads others aligned with our Shared Values
- Excellent communication skills verbally and written
- Advanced skills in risk assessment and case work relating to Domestic and Family Violence
- Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated but also work collaboratively as part of a wider team
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders, services, agencies, departments, and government and non-government organisations
- Actively engages in clinical supervision and line management
- Holds a current and valid Working with Children Check/Working with Vulnerable People Registration
- Current drivers’ licence required
About Us:
BaptistCare support thousands of people across 90 locations in NSW and the ACT. From humble beginnings in 1944, BaptistCare has grown into one of the nation’s most respected care and community services providers.
We are a faith based, not for profit organisation that cares for families, communities and individuals. You may know us for our aged care services – we also give to the community through community service programs including domestic violence prevention initiatives non interest loans to those in need.
We love what we do and the communities we help. With us you can deliver life transforming care, create a career you’ll love, and join a team who make a difference.
If you would like to be considered for this role, please click ‘’Apply Now’’ and attach your CV and a Cover Letter.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date. Closing Date is subject to change without notice.
Successful applications will be subject to a police background and working with children checks.
BaptistCare – Transforming lives by expressing the love of Christ.