Youth Caseworker

• Full-time position
• Based in Inner West, Sydney region
• Immediate start

About us

Wesley Mission is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

Our Mission: “Continuing the work of Jesus Christ in Word and deed”

Our Vision: “A spirit-led disciple-making movement: doing all the good we can because every life matters”.

About the role

An opportunity exists for an experienced, motivated and teachable person to join our small team in its work supporting young people to prevent or exit homelessness and improve their stability, independence and happiness.

This is a demanding but rewarding role, requiring initiative, collaboration, creativity, resilience and genuine compassion. It will involve working from offices both in Ashfield and Marrickville, in partner sites, as well as in the homes of our clients. It will include some earlier starts or later finishes, and may occasionally require availability on weekends and public holidays. It will require travel across the districts in which we deliver services.

Essential criteria

• Qualifications and experience relevant to the quality provision of accommodation, care and support activities for a range of ages and circumstances – including advanced / specialised skills to support very complex needs
• Understanding of homelessness and an ease in providing warm and credible empathy to people who are at risk of, who are, or who have been homeless or in crisis / distress
• Ability to articulate practice that is person-centred, trauma informed, culturally competent and respectful of diversity, and the role of case management in supporting permanent exits from homelessness
• Ability to perform in complex and challenging community welfare settings – flexible and creative approaches to work, matched with tested personal attributes such as resilience, patience, initiative, compassion and commitment to self-care
• Experience engaging with those sleeping rough through assertive outreach, including demonstrated ability to build rapport, gather client details, assess & refer, identify barriers and coordinate practical support in collaboration with multiple agencies
• Effective communication and administrative competencies – computer literacy, documentation, data collection etc
• Ability to embrace Wesley Mission’s values and to work within its codes of ethics and conduct – and to work respectfully alongside the mission and values of partner organisations

Desirable criteria

• Local, sector or organisational knowledge
• Familiarity with sector practice guidelines, information systems and outcome measures

Applicants will need to possess a current Driver Licence, Apply First Aid Certification, and satisfy relevant security checks including but not limited to a Working with Children Check.

Remuneration

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010, with generous salary packaging opportunities.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values. We are committed to providing an environment in which children can feel safe and valued.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission. Wesley Mission is committed to diversity, inclusion and reconciliation. Guided by our vision of doing all the good we can because every life matters, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and social demographics, and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

For further information, please contact:

Contact name: Zohra Akseer

Phone: 0427 634 721

Email: [email protected] using the subject line: Youth Caseworker enquiry via EthicalJobs.