Intensive Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Newcastle, Australia Samaritans Full time

**Emergency Relief Intensive Support Worker**
- **Part-time** - 60 hours per fortnight
- **Location**: Travel between Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- This role is paid under the Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Award 2010- Level 4

**About the role**:
The Intensive Support Worker (ISW) will be responsible for providing professional and accountable case coordination for emergency relief clients presenting with complex needs. They will develop and facilitate holistic strengths-based case plans to assist in the identification of goals, enabling the client to make informed decisions to improve their quality of life.

**Why work for us?**

Our team are the heart of what we do here at Samaritans. As a part of the Samaritans team, you have access to the following great benefits:

- 14 weeks paid maternity leave or 3 weeks paid parental pay after 12 months service
- Salary Packaging on a range of everyday living expenses (Mortgage, Rent and Bills), up to $611/fortnight
- Up to 40% off on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
- Access to 9% discount on Medibank private health insurance + more benefits
- Meals & Entertainment Salary packaging up to $2,650
- Access to Fitness Passport (over 300+gyms)
- Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible working options (including compressed week, RDO’s, 9-day fortnights).
- Career and development opportunities + access to study leave
- The opportunity to work within an innovative, collaborative team environment

**Essential Criteria**
- Qualifications in the Community/Human Service Sector, including an understanding of case work practice and strengths
- based approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop rapport and communicate effectively with people who are highly vulnerable or experiencing hardship
- Experience in working with and managing volunteers
- High level of computer literacy and highly developed administration skills
- Demonstrate experience in the provision of case work or case coordination which creates opportunities and, empowers and promotes the well-being of emergency relief clients
- Ability to effectively network and liaise with government and non
- government services providers
- Demonstrate experience in the provision of case work or case coordination which creates opportunities and, empowers and promotes the well-being of emergency relief clients

The successful applicant will possess or willingness to obtain the following: NSW Working with Children Check, Criminal history check, Drivers Licence, first aid & CPR certificate and undertake a pre-employment functional medical.

**Who we are?**

Newcastle Anglican is at the core of some of the most well-known businesses within Newcastle, Hunter, Central Coast & Mid North Coast organisations. Our service agencies include Anglican Care and Samaritans as well as Newcastle Anglican Schools Corporation and 54 Anglican parishes.

**Please include your cover letter and resume addressing your experience and qualifications.**

**Applications Close: when we find you**

**_ Samaritans promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people._**
- You must have the right to live and work in Australia._

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