Residential Case Worker (Full Time)
Job No:
S125
Location:
St Mary's Support & Accomodation Program (Toowong)
* Enjoy working with women and children in need? * Want to work for a diverse not for profit organisation? * Want access to generous salary packaging opportunties?
About Us
Spiritus is an Anglican not-for-profit organisation providing caring and supportive services in partnership with government and other support organisations, to respond to identified needs in our community.
Our staff connect with people on every step of their lives' paths, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the infirm and those most at risk in our communities.
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Spiritus are working to respond to growing community demand for our services.
Spiritus is committed to social and community welfare issues and aged and community care needs, particularly with respect to disadvantaged members of the community.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for frail elderly people, wound care for homeless, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Spiritus is there, providing the best quality care available.
The work of Spiritus stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches people of all ages with a variety of needs.
You are invited to reflect on our Vision, Mission and Value statements on our web site!
About the Role
St Mary's Support and Accommodation program provides support to young women who are pregnant or parenting young children and who experience homelessness. The service provides shared accommodation in a safe and supportive environment; community housing and support; and program development enabling young women to access a range of services.
St Mary's Support and Accommodation program are seeking a full time Residential Case Worker to join their friendly team, based at Toowong.
Reporting to the Service Coordinator, you will provide a high level of support to a maximum of eight young women (under 25yrs) and their children. You will ensure the young families needs are assessed and their goals identified, and work intensively with these young women on their identified goals.
You will need to address the selection criteria contained in the position description. This main criteria is outlined below and incorporated in the questions located in the application form, after the role description.
- Qualifications in Human Services or related field;
- Knowledge of issues which impact the lives of young parenting women who are at risk of homelessness;
- Experience in and demonstrated ability to work with young families and/or young pregnant women at risk of homelessness, to provide support with housing, parenting and child protection issues;
- Experience in communicating with young women and young children and an ability to negotiate individual support agreements;
- Strong time management skills and be an effective team member; and
- Ability to work effectively within a team.
Due to the nature of this role only female applicants will be considered. This is arguable under Section 25 of Queensland Anti Discrimination Act 1991.
For further information and a copy of the position description, please contact Katherine Mahaffey on (07) 3377 3111.
Applications close Wednesday 24 March 2010.