Reconnect Program Officer

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Band 5 - Salary Range $78,646 to $90,563 per annum + 11.5% Super + ADO**

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality - one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

Melton City Council is seeking a Reconnect Program Officer to deliver the Reconnect Program, as per the funding guidelines and agreement through the Department of Social Services. The Reconnect Program is an early intervention and prevention program for young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

This position reports to the Housing Services Team Leader and engages with a diverse range of both internal and external stakeholders, including young people, families and service providers.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide supports to young people who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, and their families, through holistic case management, ongoing assessment, information and advocacy.
- Develop and deliver a range of promotional and/or community capacity building activities to increase the community’s awareness of the Reconnect program and their capacity to identify and mitigate risk factors early.
- Maintain effective clients record management via an electronic client management system and completing individual Key Performance Indicators and reporting requirements.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders including schools, local community agencies and organisations.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualifications such as social work, youth work, welfare work or other relevant human services degree with some relevant experience.
- Experience working with young people at risk or vulnerable, particularly in case management and direct service delivery.
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues and impact of homelessness or at-risk of homelessness for young people and their families.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**:

- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Roxana Viojo**, Housing Services Team Leader **9747 7291**.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government.

**Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children an