Private Rental Assistance Program Support Worker

4 days ago

Ballarat, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Part-time (45.6 hours per fortnight), permanent role, based in Ballarat**:

- **Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.**:

- **10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning**

**Your new role**:
As a Private Rental Assistance Program (PRAP) worker, you will provide financial and practical assistance to establish and maintain private rental tenancies for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness as well as those who are currently in private rental.

In this role, you will maintain the strong relationships with private real estate rental providers and will continue to build on these established relationships to maintain a cooperative and collaborative approach to assisting consumers to sustain their tenancies and to commence new private rental agreements.

**Benefits of working at Uniting**:
Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary + super, you can access the following.
- Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
- Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
- Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

**Your skills and experience**:

- A Diploma of Welfare/Community Services, or equivalent in related field.
- Experience working with consumers experiencing homelessness or housing crisis
- Demonstrated knowledge of the private rental market in the Central Highlands region would be an advantage
- Extensive knowledge of housing & homelessness sectors with particular emphasis on the Central Highlands Area.
- Extensive knowledge of the private rental market with an understanding of the barriers and challenges experienced by the program’s target client group
- Excellent customer service skills with proven capacity to engage and develop positive working relationships

View the position description **here**.

**How to apply**:
Click **APPLY**to submit your interest.

For any questions, reach out to **Adam Liversage - Senior Manager** on **0448 334 593**.

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

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