Description:
The Community Wellbeing Worker aims to encourage and empower clients to participate in health promotion, wellbeing and to provide a harm reduction focus within Southbank Crisis Accommodation. This is to be achieved through networking within the wider community services and the Southbank community. This role focuses on coordinating and/or facilitating activities, events and education for the residents at Southbank.
This is a part-time, permanent- opportunity, based in Southbank, 45.6 hours per fortnight.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing, implementing and promoting a range of health and wellbeing responses for clients. This may include the support and development of volunteers, students, donors, service partners, paid facilitators and community agencies
- Assisting and resourcing clients to utilize community services
- Assisting in the development of harm reduction and health promotion programs with a focus on mental health and AOD
- Developing and maintaining collaborative effective working relationships with other service providers to ensure an ongoing variety of wellbeing options for clients
- Coordinating of a schedule for events, programs and activities for residents
- Managing food delivery, distribution and food donations for clients to access
What we're looking for (key selection criteria):
- Experience in project management, including needs assessment, planning, implementation.
- Experience in planning and facilitating group work sessions
- An understanding of homelessness and the issues affecting people at risk of or experiencing homelessness
- Experience with food preparation and catering and a Food Handling Certificate (or the ability to obtain)
- A valid Victorian driver’s license.
- A relevant tertiary qualification in human services, and direct experience in the delivery of services clients with complex needs and/or relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in community-based Health Promotion and Community Development (desirable).
- An understanding and commitment to a harm minimisation approach that both empowers residents and provides appropriate boundaries and limits (desirable)