Community Development Worker

**Full time, 12-month contract position based in Central Coast**:

- **$86k - $92k per annum inclusive of Super + Salary Packaging**:

- **Flexible Friendly organisation, WFH options available**

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: children, young people, and their families; First Nations Australians; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way. We use our practice wisdom to mobilise social movements that advocate for anyone in need and create social change.

**About this role**

We are looking for a** passionate, detail-oriented individual to foster, develop** and **evaluate** initiatives and opportunities within the community that **engage** and **empower** residents, **improve** service offerings, increase service capacity and reach, and **build community capacity **and **resilience**. _This opportunity is perfect if you’ve just graduated Uni, you’re passionate about community engagement, and are looking for your next steps _

This includes program planning, coordinating, leading community events and partnering with other organisations to improve outcomes for our clients. This role is based in **Wyong** on the Central Coast
- commutable from Morisset, Gosford, and everywhere in between

**Duties**
- Develop relevant strategies and activities to gather data and engage stakeholders in understanding community assets, needs and opportunities
- Implement and review strategies and opportunities with the aim of improving service capacity in the local area
- Provide case management support to vulnerable people/ families in the community who may be experiencing family and domestic violence, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health and risk of homelessness
- Facilitate afterschool mentoring programs

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

- **Salary Benefits -** You can package up to $15,900 pa of you pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home _even more pay_
- **Motor Vehicle Packaging Options - **to suit your lifestyle.
- **Work/Life Balance - **Flexible work arrangements including part time hours, hybrid home/office work arrangements, 1 accrued day off a month for full time employees (_That’s an extra 12 days off a year_).
- **Recognition and Reward - **Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years
- **Wellness -** Fitness passport + Employee Assistance Program + opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- **Professional development - **We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth

**Skills and Experience**

We want you to be successful in your new role This means you will have the following:

- ** Degree qualification** in community services, social work or similar and/or community development experience.
- **Strong written communication skills**:

- ** Understanding of and proficiency in excel**:

- Excellent understanding of, and commitment to, **community development theory and practices**:

- Excellent understanding of **risk and safety issues** such as drug and alcohol use, domestic violence, mental health issues, and homelessness
- Understanding of the needs of **diverse communities **such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQ+) communities
- An understanding of data analysis is a bonus

Call Missy on 0407 900 196 to discuss the role in more detail.