Residential Support Worker
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Job Description
ABOUT US
McAuley Community Services for Women helps women and children who have faced family violence and homelessness to take control of their lives. Through a range of supports including accommodation legal health recreation and social responses we support women to leave us with restored capacity and greater opportunities for safe housing economic capability and wellbeing. We work alongside women and children recognising their strengths and fostering their resilience to create a new future.
Feminism intersectionality and anti-oppressive practices are imbedded within our client practice and our culture.
This is a Permanent Part-Time (30.5 hours per week - 0.8 EFT) opportunity based in Footscray within our Family Violence and Homelessness Program. The position reports to the Team Leader.
Key Selection Criteria:
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Certificate or diploma qualification in social work community services community development or a related field.
- Commitment to McAuley values; Community Hospitality Compassion and Justice.
- Demonstrated ability to work with women and children facing a range of complex challenges in relation to family violence homelessness health and mental health drug and alcohol use trauma and marginalisation.
- The ability to apply a flexible inclusive non-judgmental and empowering approach to practice and service delivery.
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills including engagement and collaboration with a range of services and stakeholders.
- Understanding of the principles of feminism intersectionality and anti-oppression as both practice and organisational culture foundations.
Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.
For a full listing please view the Position Description at the bottom of this page.
For Seek applicants the Position Description will be available when you click apply
For more information please contact:
Matilda M at or on.
Our offer:
- Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)
- Ongoing Career Development Education and Training
- Employee Assistance Program free and confidential counselling coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
- ClickHEREto find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.
You must have a:
- Valid and current Drivers Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.
Our Commitment:
McAuley is part of MacKillop Family Services and celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all person has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every persons ability cultural or linguistic backgrounds ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity gender expression intersex status relationship status religious or spiritual beliefs socio-economic status and age.
It is our goal that we continue to evolve as a culturally safe culturally competent and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children young people families and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full Time
