Social Workers St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre

1 day ago

St Kilda, Australia Employment Plus AU Full time

-Start your career with The Salvation Army today
We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values, if you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to review our current vacancies.
ABOUT US
The Salvation Army is one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

Permanent Part Time/Casual

Permanent Part Time/Casual Positions

We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values, if you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to review our current vacancies.

The Salvation Army Australia's Homelessness Stream provides high quality, person centred services to people at risk, and or experiencing homelessness. We support adults and families, including accompanying children with accommodation, case management, outreach support, financial assistance, connection and referral to other specialist services.

Our philosophy is that every person deserves dignity, respect and quality of service and that no one should be without a safe, affordable and secure home. Services are free, voluntary, accredited and delivered by professional and committed staff.

A core program Homelessness Stream, the Crisis Contact Centre (CCC) in St Kilda is a generalist service that offers a 24hr, Statewide crisis response to people of all ages. It is open for face-to-face assistance, on a drop-in basis, from 9am until 11pm every day of the year (inc. public holidays) and offers a telephone-based response 24/7.

The CCC is a high-volume service that assists over 17,000 households a year, and while many are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, clients of the service present with a broad range of needs. Immediate assistance may include financial assistance for emergency housing, food vouchers and other material aid, information, advocacy and planning, as well as referral to specialist supports in relation to housing, family violence, alcohol and other drug use and mental health. We are currently recruiting for permanent part-time roles due to the increase in demand for our essential service.

The service provides clients with a team-based response to their support needs, and functions as a referral point to other support services within the Crisis Support Services and the broader Homelessness Service System (HSS).

About the role

Permanent Part Time and Casual positions are available to work as part of an energetic, creative and diverse team of Social Work practitioners to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses to Victorian individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and seeking support through the Crisis Contact Centre.
- We are a 24/7 service looking for successful applicants available to work shifts at different hours of the day (including overnight shifts). Days and hours can be negotiated based on current roster requirements._

You will successfully:

- Conduct client assessments within a crisis intervention framework.
- Allocate financial and material aid in a responsible manner.
- Model a professional work ethic - reliable, punctual, and flexible and participate in shift handovers.
- Share information with co-workers and management; be proactive in solving work-place issues and problems.
- Ensure that workloads are shared equitably among the team.
- Seek to work through conflict and reach agreement by demonstrating good, clear communication.
- Support and backup other team members who are faced with difficult and challenging situations.
- Capacity to effectively assist clients to navigate a complex service system - this may involve provision of information and advice, or direct advocacy and negotiation with external services.
- Facilitate supported referrals for clients to specialist support services such as mental health, drug & alcohol, counselling and other, where necessary and appropriate

Reporting to the Program Manager this position is based at 29 Grey St, St Kilda.

Salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010, Level 5.

Selection Criteria
- A demonstrated understanding of the issues associated with homelessness.
- A demonstrated commitment to the provision of accessible and flexible services to people with multiple and complex needs.
- A capacity to assess and make timely and appropriate decisions on the provision of information, options and resources with regard to individual situation and circumstances.
- A sound knowledge of the resources and services available in the community, especially those related to housing, health (inclusive of alcohol and other drug and psychiatric supports),

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