Working in partnership, this role will provide support and oversight to the team in the newly established LGBTIQA+ Refugee Welcome Hub
- Part time position, 0.7FTE
- First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with
disability, people of colour, public housing residents and people with refugee
lived experience are encouraged to apply
- DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check.
About the role
Working in partnership with Many Coloured Sky and Queerspace
Drummond Street, this role will provide support and oversight to the team in the
newly established LGBTIQA+ Refugee Welcome Hub.
Through the LGBTIQA+ Refugee Welcome Hub, eligible folk in
Victoria will be supported with an individualised settlement plan, affirming
sexual and gender diversity and recognising the impact of homophobic and
transphobic discrimination on wellbeing, family and community relationships and
access to services and opportunities.
Working as part of a small and dynamic team, the successful
applicant will provide guidance and comprehensive settlement case work and
service navigation with an intersectional focus, linking to statewide service
networks with shared understanding of LGBTIQA+ refugee needs and facilitating
connection to peer support and opportunities for leadership, participation and
skills development within our queer refugee, lived experience led programs.
This project is in partnership with Drummond Street Services
Queerspace, who will provide professional supervision and training. The role reports to Many Coloured Sky’s
Executive Director with support from the Queerspace General Manager.
About Many Coloured Sky
Many Coloured Sky, the Queer Development Agency, works with
vulnerable, intersectional LGBTIQA+ communities in Australia, Africa and the
Asia Pacific, including a Victoria-wide, peer-led network of 400 LGBTIQ+
refugees/ asylum seekers. This program offers one-to-one and group peer support
and navigation, multi-session programs addressing mental health, service
referrals and material support.
Our work is to resource and build capacity in vulnerable and
intersectional LGBTIQA+ communities, enabling lived-experience leadership and
contributing to the vision of our partner communities.
In our small team, everyone has a role to play in advancing
our vision and mission and creating a work environment that is productive,
nurturing and cooperative.
Your responsibilities
- Provide queer sensitive and affirmative case management
services to LGBTIQA+ refugees and other eligible people.
- Conduct assessments of risk and protective factors including
comprehensive risk assessments as appropriate.
- Review, develop and implement individual case plans in
collaboration with the team, client or clients.
- Provide appropriate referral to both internal and external
support services to meet needs identified through the assessment and case
planning processes.
- Develop and facilitate group interventions relating to LGBTIQA+
refugees and other eligible people
- Proactively build therapeutic relationships through
engagement activities with the intention of identifying ‘vulnerable’ and ‘at
risk’ LGBTIQA+ refugees and other eligible people to build supportive pathways,
positive help-seeking experiences and optimistic and intentional work within
risk and protective factors framework to support client’s goals and
aspirations.
- Provide regular written reports to the client’s referrer as
required.
- Utilise appropriate assessment tools and measures, as well
as outcomes and evaluation tools
- Contribute to the achievement of individual, team and
organisational program targets and KPI’s as per contractual agreements with
funders and those determined by Many Coloured Sky and Queerspace Drummond
Street.
About you
- Client centred, including culturally and LGBTIQA+ sensitive
- Promotes productive, competent work practices
- Organisational & Quality Focus
- Creative, flexible and solution focused under pressure
- High level of self-awareness, professionalism
- Strong alliance with social justice values
- Strong communication skills
- Cultural and diversity humility
Selection Criteria, all the following must be addressed in your application to
be considered
- Qualifications in social work or equivalent.
- Minimum two years' experience in providing interventions to
individuals and groups in the settlement, LGBTIQA+, mental health or related
sector
- Demonstrated experience in team building and delivery of
group programs
- Demonstrated capacity to provide care coordination and case
management
- Demonstrated ability to provide counselling and therapeutic
interventions with positive client outcomes
- Demonstrated understanding of the needs, issues and
sensitivities of people from diverse backgrounds including LGBTIQA+ and
culturally and linguistically diverse people and communities
- Demonstrated experience of working with people with complex
needs such as family violence, drug and alcohol and mental health issues
- Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to
meet deadlines and prioritise work tasks
- Demonstrated capacity to work creatively, show initiative,
contribute ideas and be active in a team environment
Application process
- Applications close at midnight on Sunday 4th August 2024
- All applications will be directed to our careers portal – Senior
Practitioner LGBTIQA+ SETS Program
- All applicants must include a resume and with a cover letter
addressing all the key selection criteria for the position
Please contact Paula Fernandez Arias on 0488 999 862 or paula.fernandez@ds.org.au to
discuss your application
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