Caseworker (Financial Capability)

Caseworker (Financial Capability)

• Full time 38 hours per week based in Alice Springs
• Ongoing subject to continued funding
• $102820 $107473 per annum plus 12% super
• SCHADS Level 5

Suitably qualified and experienced First Nations candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

NB: Regular remote travel (one week on one week off) is part of the role requirements.

Employee benefits

office in Alice Springs close to cafes and transport.

can salary package up to $29k if youre eligible.

weeks of annual leave

between 5 extra mini-break days (non-accrued) OR two return flights to your home capital city each year.

reimburse up to $2000 for relocation costs if you need to move.

get a $500 wellbeing payment every year (doesnt carry over).

About MoneyMob Talkabout

MoneyMob Talkabout is a majority First Nations led not-for-profit organisation providing financial counselling and capability casework financial literacy and energy efficiency education and community development programs. Additional cultural governance comes from an Anangu advisory board embedded in our organizational structure. We are funded to deliver services to Anangu in Adelaide the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in northern South Australia and in the Northern Territory.

Our Values

These values guide all aspects of our work including our service delivery advocacy governance and management.

COURAGE: We are committed to advocating strongly for change and creating a more just and inclusive environment.

EMPOWERMENT: We work to support First Nations people to be in control and work towards achieving independence rights opportunities and recognition of the inherent value of their culture and communities.

INTEGRITY: Honesty openness accountability fairness and inclusiveness must be at the core of everything we do and are.

INSIGHT: Our actions and services are grounded in our organisational knowledge evidence and ethics; the wisdom of the people organisations and communities working alongside us; current thinking and research about what works nationally and internationally.

INNOVATION: We are a creative and agile organisation motivated to continually improve adapt and develop innovative solutions that add value and are valued by the communities we work with.

About You

• Youre resilient calm and emotionally intelligent.
• Youre committed to supporting First Nations people to achieve financial wellbeing.
• You get the challenges of living in Alice Springs but want to be there anyway because social justice matters to you.
• You know how to put First Nations perspectives and voices first.

About the Role

• In this rewarding role youll deliver trauma-informed holistic casework to support clients in achieving financial resilience and wellbeing.
• Youll support people to develop budgeting and saving skills access concessions and entitlements obtain ID apply for No Interest Loans complete low-income tax returns and set up safe bill payment arrangements.
• Youll provide one-to-one financial literacy education and organise group workshops capitalising on teachable moments when clients are engaged.
• Youll also support and mentor casual Anangu financial capability workers in their learning and development.
• Youll connect people to financial counsellors or other agencies when debt or consumer issues are present.

The Caseworker (Financial Capability) should have:

• Minimum Certificate III in Community Services (higher qualifications highly regarded).
• At least 2 years experience supporting clients with complex needs preferably in a cross-cultural or First Nations context.
• Strong case management and counselling skills.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and its importance when working with First Nations communities.
• Unrestricted drivers licence and willingness to complete financial literacy training.
• (Desirable) Ability to speak Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara.
• Substantial experience working with remote First Nations Australians

In Your First Six Months Youll:

• Get to know the town organisation and team
• Undertake First Nations cultural education
• Meet and start working with clients and Anangu colleagues.
• Travel through beautiful desert country to surrounding remote communities
• Experience desert warmth and humour

Note: remote work requires good psychological and physical fitness. Due to the demands of the environment this type of work is not recommended for people who have or are experiencing significant and unresolved trauma/mental ill health major upheavals in life circumstances or certain chronic illnesses.

Next Steps:

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION PLEASE READ THE POSITION DESCRIPTION AND INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS CAREFULLY.

THESE CAN BE ACCESSED ON OUR WEBSITE email for documents

To discuss the role please contact Carolyn Cartwright on (08)

Applicants must address the selection criteria (no more than two pages) and provide references from two recent direct supervisors.

Please Note: Interviews will take place as suitable applications are received