Connection Coach

**Connection Coach****:

- Housing Connect | Launceston
- Closing date: 08/11/2024

**Permanent, part-time position working 9.00am to 5.00pm (60.8 hours per fortnight) in Launceston**

**About us**:
Anglicare Tasmania is a non-profit organisation providing a wide range of community services to the people of Tasmania. We are part of the national Anglicare Australia network of organisations. Anglicare advocates for social justice and aids people in times of need. We provide programs relating to ageing and disability, health, housing, families, drug and alcohol treatment and support and more.

**About the Role**:
The role connects people to housing and housing assistance, including community supports and resources, to link people to their local community. The Connection Coach conducts assessments and brief interventions using a life stage practice approach (young people, families with or without children, single adults, and older people) providing support to people across a range of housing types. Connection Coaches work within the Advantaged Thinking framework identifying people’s skills and capabilities and developing independence and tailor their response based on the person’s individual circumstances to achieve personalised goals based on the individual’s aspirations.

**The successful applicant will possess demonstrable competency, knowledge, understanding and/or skills in the following areas**:

- Expertise in conducting assessments in line with an Advantaged Thinking practice approach which considers needs, capabilities, risks, and challenges to ensure a holistic understanding of the person’s circumstances to effectively tailor the response.
- Expertise in brief interventions: short term planning and goal setting, provision of relevant information, connection to opportunities, resources, people, and networks to grow skills and capabilities to maximise housing outcomes.
- High level initiative and problem-solving with the ability to identify opportunities and discern external service system pathways that have the expertise and resources to be leveraged to provide a more tailored response for people experiencing disadvantage.
- Expertise and ability to develop, creatively leverage and sustain relationships across the service system, community, business, and education sectors to maximise outcomes for people accessing Housing Connect.
- Up-to-date knowledge of housing information, community resources, service providers and referral points.
- Understanding of Tasmania’s current housing market and the difficulties facing people on a low-income trying to secure housing including family violence, mental health and alcohol and other drug issues.
- Understanding of human development and the normative activities, behaviours, and developmental milestones characteristic to stage of life, as well as the relevant community and institutional links and systems.
- Understanding of relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks and commitment to the values and ideals of capabilities and Advantaged Thinking practice approach.
- Experience in working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including team de-briefing, program planning activities and a variety of other team based consultative processes.
- Demonstrated time management skills with the ability to effectively set priorities and manage an assigned caseload.
- High level written and verbal communication skills including the ability to maintain accurate, professional case-notes, prepare correspondence and provide required information within program guidelines.
- Computer skills, in particular the ability to operate word processing and database management software packages.
- A commitment to working collaboratively with Housing Connect partners to negotiate a consistent approach across all areas of operations.
- Tertiary qualifications relevant to the position or extensive experience and lesser qualifications deemed equivalent.

**What we offer you**:

- an attractive salary between $85,264 and $89,354 (full-time equivalent)
- not-for-profit Salary Packaging of up to $18,550 per Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) year that can increase your take home pay
- a 7% Graduate Loading payable where you hold a degree in a relevant discipline;
- professional development opportunities;
- a friendly and supportive work environment.

The Position Description can be found below:
**The successful applicant will be required to**:

- provide a current Tasmanian Working with Vulnerable People Registration (employment/volunteer category) including NDIS Worker Screening Check
- present an unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable people type (probity) National Police Check (no older than 12 months);
- provide an International Police Check if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia after the age of 16;
- provide a satisfactory Anglicare assessed medical:

- provide a current provisional or full Australian Driver Licence.

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