Housing & Homelessness Support - Practice Lead

**Outer North Office (Broadmeadows)**

**Housing & Homelessness Support - Practice Lead**

**From Homelessness to a Home (H2H)**

**Full Time**
- **Join a rapidly growing not-for-profit organisation committed to social justice**:

- **Wintringham promotes ongoing training and professional excellence**:

- **Competitive pay rate: $44.20 per hour**:

- **Choice of fully maintained Wintringham vehicle or generous motor vehicle allowance (additional $7.89 per hour)**:

- **Access to NFP Salary Packaging**:

- **Full Time (38 hours p/week)**:

- **Servicing Northern Metropolitan Melbourne region**:

- **Office location based in Broadmeadows - travel to different housing sites required**

**Who are we?**

Wintringham is a not-for-profit organisation providing an extensive range of aged care, housing and related support services to men and women aged 50-plus who have been homeless or at risk of homelessness. We employ over 900 staff and operate from multiple offices across Melbourne and regional Victoria.

The _From Homelessness to a Home_ (H2H) initiative supports the people who have experienced long-term homelessness and disadvantage and have complex needs. This program will provide the affordable housing and support they need to promote their health and wellbeing and prevent a return to homelessness.

**Your new role**

We are currently seeking proactive individuals to join our Housing and Homelessness Team as the Housing & Homelessness Support - Practice Lead. Reporting to the Housing & Homelessness Support Coordinator, you will supervise a team with mixed caseloads of clients requiring targeted, tailored and high intensity support as well as oversee and supervise advanced case planning and interventions to meet the needs of people with multiple and complex needs.

**Your responsibilities and duties will also include**:

- Overseeing the Homelessness to a Home (H2H) portfolios across the Northern Metropolitan areas of Melbourne
- Managing a mixed case load of H2H clients
- Working with clients by linking and referring them into clinical services and social and recreational activities
- Ensuring clients obtain access to Home Care Packages (HCP) and NDIS by providing referrals and case management assistance
- Participating in and providing regular supervision
- Monitoring income and expenditure against budget expectations including client brokerage funds

**Wintringham's response to COVID-19**

Client and staff safety is paramount to us at Wintringham. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have and will continue to ensure that our staff are supplied with the resources they need to guarantee they are working in a safe and risk-averse environment. If you gain employment with Wintringham, you will be provided with all necessary personal protective equipment in accordance with the advice from the Department of Health & Chief Health Officer throughout your working day. We have strict COVID-19 policies and procedures to ensure that our staff as well as our clients are kept safe in the community.

**What is in it for you?**

We are committed to offering an enjoyable, safe and flexible workplace that provides a work-life balance. When you are working with Wintringham, you will have access to the following benefits:

- **Access to exclusive not-for-profit salary packaging**: salary package your personal expenses up to the amount of $15,900.
- **Continuous development**:we believe in giving our staff the skills they need and will keep you up to date with yearly qualifications such as behaviour management, first aid, CPR and manual handling. We offer many growth opportunities and have a strong internal recruitment program.
- **Employee Assistance Program**: When you are employed at Wintringham, you will have access to our Employee Assistance Program, & S taff wellbeing portal.
- A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Welfare, Community Services or equivalent
- A current Victorian drivers licence
- Experience providing practice supervision to a dedicated team
- Experience delivering services within social and community services programs including housing and homelessness support.
- An understanding of the Housing and Homelessness Service sector My Aged Care, NDIS and other relevant service systems.
- Well-developed communications skills and the ability to with engage people from varying backgrounds.
- Experience in working effectively and sensitively with a broad range of clients, including those with high support needs and challenging behaviours
- First Aid Certificate

**This sounds great How do I apply?**

For more information about the role, you can access a copy of the position description here..

Please address your responses to the key selection criteria (located in the position description) in your cover letter.

Applications can be directed to Emma Murray (Housing & Homelessness Support Coordinator) and submitted via our website.

**Please upload your documents in PDF Format**

Applications close** on Monday 21