Career Coach

Number of Positions Available:

1

- 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.
- The Salvation Army Employment Plus is part of The ParentsNext Program implemented by the Department of Jobs and Small Business. The program focuses on working with and supporting parents becoming work ready through training, mentoring, skill building and other work related experience.
- At Employment Plus we drive high performance with a forward thinking, results driven culture, of which you will be proud to be part of. If you’re looking for a rewarding career that truly makes a difference to people’s lives then we want to hear from you.
- About the role:

- The Career Coach will provide professional case management and assessment services to support EPlus ParentsNext participants in gaining and maintaining employment. The career coach will provide both individual coaching and support to participants.
- This position will be a part time position based at our Gawler office. However you will require to have a car and licence to support our other sites in Adelaide north if required.
- A professional case management role which will Implement and oversee a participant-centric case management model, focusing on moving participants into a job ready state and provide commercial outcomes by:

- Clearly identifying and addressing barriers which prevent participants from re-engaging with education or being job ready
- Identifying strengths, aptitude and interest in key industries and roles in demand within the local labour market
- Managing a caseload of approximately 135 participants
- Develop and maintain close relationships with schools and community organisations to build your caseload
- Supporting participants in identifying and achieving long term and short term education and employment goals
- Identifying education and employment opportunities through sales and reverse marketing
- About you:

- Experience in employment services and/or Case Management
- Demonstrated awareness of current education, employment and social challenges faced by parents people
- Strong demonstrated experience facilitating group learning and information sessions focused on gaining employment
- Advanced experience in barrier management highly beneficial
- Advanced communication skills
- Demonstrated success in a high performance culture within a KPI driven environment
- Able to travel between site locations (Adelaide North Region)
- What we offer:

- _ Enjoy generous tax-free salary packaging benefits_
- _ Discounted health and fitness programs through Fitness Passport_
- _ Up to 8 weeks leave per year through our purchase leave scheme_
- _ Generous Parental Leave offering of 12 weeks_
- _ Up to 5 days paid leave per year to support a TSA program or activity_
- _ Employee Assistance Program_
- _ Ongoing training and development_
- If you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to this challenging yet rewarding role, we invite you to submit your CV along with the covering letter telling us why you think you are the best person for the role via the link below.
- A current Working with Children Check or relevant state equivalent is a mandatory requirement for this position. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a police check, it is not mandatory to have a clear criminal history.
- We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.
- The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. _
- We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. W_
- The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check._
- We are committed to providing a safe environment for our people. _
- Please note that The Salvation Army has a mandatory vaccination procedure._
- We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration_