Housing and Wellbeing Practitioner

About ATSICHS Brisbane

ATSICHS Brisbane is a notforprofit community owned health and human services organisation delivering on the unique health and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in greater Brisbane and Logan. We pride ourselves on providing health and human services our way supporting our people and community in our commitment to create a flourishing future and lasting legacy for them and their families.

ATSICHS Brisbane is a member of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH).

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About the role

The Housing and Wellbeing Case Manager will work with individuals and families in partnership to empower and build their agency to make effective change and overcome their identified housing and wellbeing needs. The role is heavily outreach based engaging individuals and families in crisis accommodation street outreach and refuges and translating initial engagement into a strong ongoing partnership.

Duties

• Provide supports and interventions based on the program model of care.
• Provide high quality and intentbased practice in all interactions with clients consistent with the ATSICHS values and vision.
• Provide high quality case management practices and record keeping that adhere to operational requirements.
• Demonstrate positive and warm engagement through an assertive outreach approach that engages clients into the service.
• Facilitate a clientled assessment and Care Plan to identify the clients goals including the entire family where appropriate.
• Provide rolespecific targeted interventions and family facilitated group meetings in achieving client goals.

Culture

You will be a part of unique and supportive culture where every team member is treated and valued as an individual.

Benefits

• Starting Salary of $85000per annum (depending on qualificationand experience) 11.5% Super Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay).
• Full Time permanentrole.
• Supportive and collaborative team of dedicated professionals.

COVID 19 Requirements

• Immunisation history showingyou have receivedtwo doses of a Covid 19 vaccine is encouraged.

• Current Cert 4 in Social Work Human Services Social Science Health Allied Health Youth Work Community Services Child and Family Intervention with at least 12months experience in a case management role.

OR

• Current graduate university bachelors degree in Social Work Human Services Social Science Health Allied Health Youth Work Community Services Criminology with at least a 10week fulltime placement in social service field.
• Demonstrated ability and comfortableness working in a performance driven environment to meet individual weekly monthly and quarterly performance targets.
• Demonstrated ability to build client agency selfefficacy and facilitate change through client empowerment while actively discouraging client dependence on supports.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide behaviour change interventions that build client selfawareness and active change in achieving their identified goals.
• Demonstrated ability to work with the wholeoffamily irrespective of primary client in meeting the totality of family needs.
• Demonstrated ability in coordinating multiple services in providing access to holistic care for clients particularly integrating internal agency supports across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the factors contributing to vulnerability disengagement and intergenerational trauma of client group.
• Experience with case management for high risk and/or crisis clients with highlevel planning and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of the supports available to target clients in the areas of mental health substance misuse education employment and housing.

Additional Requirement

• Requirement to travel across the Logan and/or Brisbane region as per program location.
• Current drivers licence.
• Flexibility to work outside 8:30am5pm business hours in meeting individual client needs and provide responsive care.
• Working with Childrens Card (Blue Card) or be eligible to apply.
• Current National Police Check.

How to apply

If this sounds like you please submit your application by following the links on the recruitment page. Applications will be assessed with interviews being conducted as they are received so do not delay in applying.

Only successful applicants will be contacted.