Homelessness Case Manager

Anglicare Central Queensland; Longreach Regional; Hybrid; AUD 79,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice

TOIL accrual

Health and wellness programs

Professional development and study

Job summary

Anglicare Central Queensland Limited in Longreach is seeking a Homelessness Case Manager to provide in-home and community-based case management for people who are homeless or at risk. The role requires building plans, offering practical and personal support, and facilitating access to housing and specialist services.

You will work with participants to assess needs, develop safety plans, and coordinate referrals, ensuring respectful, dignified, and person-centered support aimed at independent

Qualifications

• Certificate IV qualifications in Community Services or similar.
• Ability to obtain Blue Card (working with children check)
• Ability to obtain a Yellow Card (disability services check)

Responsibilities

• Develop, action and review case management plans with participants to meet individual needs.
• Provide practical and personal support, budgeting, information, advice and referrals.
• Assess participant needs, including risk assessments and safety planning as required.
• Provide proactive, reliable and respectful support that protects dignity and privacy.
• Support participants to maximise independent living.
• Advocate and assist access to housing and specialist services (drugs/alcohol, mental health, legal, domestic/family violence).

Skills

Relationship building

Solution focused

KPIs

Time management

Communication

Education

Certificate IV in Community Services or similar

Job description

Anglicare Central Queensland Limited | Longreach

$92,575 p/a +superannuation + salary sacrifice

Full-time -Fixed-term position

About therole:

AtAnglicare Central Queensland, we believe that everyone deserves asafe and affordable home. As a leading not-for-profit housingprovider, we’re passionate about building inclusive, thrivingcommunitieswhere people feel secure, supported, andempowered.

We arecurrently seeking a Homelessness Case Manager to join our team inLongreach. They will provide case management support to people whoare homeless, at imminent risk of homelessness or housed but atrisk of homelessness. Case management is provided to people intheir home, in temporary living situations, in supported housing,in a community setting or in a public space.

Whatwill a typical day look like?

• Work closely withparticipants to develop, action and review case managementplans to meet their individual needs.
• Provide practicaland personal support, crisis budgeting, information, advice,and community referrals.
• Provide initial andongoing assessment of participant needs, including riskassessments and safety planning as needed.
• Provide supportthat is proactive, persistent, reliable, practical, andcomprehensive in a manner that is respectful of the dignity andprivacy of individuals.
• Provide services ina way that maximises the participant’s capacity for independentliving.
• Advocate and assistparticipants to access housing and specialist services forexample, drug or alcohol, mental health, legal, domestic, andfamily violence.

MandatoryRequirements:

• Certificate IVqualifications in Community Services or similar.

Who weare:

Ourtruly local team of professionals have worked with people inCentral Queensland for over 40 years to support them in livingtheir best life. AnglicareCQ is a not-for-profit, purpose-drivenorganisation – and we give effect to that purpose through ourstaff. We endeavour to make the most ordinary things extraordinary– simply by doing them with the right people.

AnglicareCQ offers adiverse scope of interdependent and inter-related career pathswhich enables staff mobility and growth. Careers with AnglicareCQare from a wide range of disciplines including leadership,community services, child protection, housing, and supportservices. We serve communities in and around Rockhampton, theCapricorn Coast, Gladstone, Biloela, Moura, Blackwater, Emerald,Barcaldine, and Longreach.

What you willbring to the role:

• Apassion and genuine desire to make a difference in the lives ofCentral Queenslanders.
• Proven ability tobuild and maintain relationships with a variety ofstakeholders.
• Theability to identify and embed solutions.
• Demonstratedexperience working within a high-performance framework whereyou are accountable for KPIs on program delivery and outcomes,within a face-paced solutions focussed environment.
• Effective timemanagement and organisational skills.
• Astrong communicator, able to quickly build rapport andinfluence across a diverse range of people.

OtherRequirements:

• Ability to obtain aBlue Card (working with children check positive notice orexemption)
• Ability to obtain aYellow Card (disability services positive notice or exemptionnotice)

What are thebenefits of working forAnglicareCQ?

We havea common purpose throughout our organisationto serve thepeople of Central Queensland, to help themlive their bestlife. AnglicareCQ offers the opportunity to engage in meaningfulemployment and be part of a holistic team that supports people inour local communities.

• Weoffer attractive salary sacrifice to all part-time andfull-time employees.
• Weoffer the opportunity to work within an organisation committedto social change.
• Full time employeeshave the opportunity to accrue/utilise TOIL in line with officehours to increase flexibility.
• Wehave a supportive and pragmatic management team.
• Professionaldevelopment and study are encouraged and supported.
• Weoffer a professional work environment filled with passionate,diverse and driven people.
• Weprovide access to health and wellness programs for allstaff.