Care Coordinator- Check In Program Frontyard - VIC St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne - Fitzroy Campus

Job Description:

• Part Time, Fixed Term until June 30th 2025 (32 hours per week)

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging

• Challenging and rewarding work environment

• Friendly and dynamic team

About the Role

You will support young people aged 12 to 25 in meeting their physical, emotional, and social needs while also guiding them towards pathways out of homelessness. As part of the Check-In Team at Frontyard, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering efficient, effective, and hands-on therapeutic services, with plenty of opportunities to connect and engage in fun activities with young people.

If you are looking for variety and connection in your work, this space provides an opportunity for no two days to be the same with relational practice driving many of our outcomes.

This position will receive clinical support from the Senior Care Coordinator or the Senior OT Mental Health Care Coordinator within the Check In Program, and or ALERT. Operational leadership onsite will sit with Frontyard.

Classifications for this position will be:

• Registered Nurse Grade 4A YW17 ($107,962 per annum pro rata)

• Physiotherapist, Grade 2 VB1 - VB4 ($85,030 - $97,744 per annum pro rata)

• Occupational Therapist, Grade 2 VF6 - VF9 ($85,030 - $97,744 per annum pro rata)

• Social Worker, Grade 2 SC21 - SC24 ($85,030 - $97,744 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

• Relevant nursing / allied health qualification with minimum 5 years’ experience in relevant acute, subacute or community setting.

• Eligible for registration/membership with AHPRA.

• Current Victorian Driver’s License

• Current or willing to undertake Working With Children Check and Police check

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs

• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals

• Culture of continuous improvement

About Healthcare for the Homeless and Frontyard services

This position is part of St. Vincent's Hospital's Health Care for the Homeless Program (HfH) which comprises several services that support clients that are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The role is based at Frontyard Youth Services which is a specialist youth service located in Melbourne’s CBD. Frontyard aims to support young people aged 12 to 24 to meet their physical, emotional and social needs and to develop pathways out of homelessness. This includes but is not limited to providing 18 beds crisis accommodation service and drop in center housing multiple services working with young people across Greater Melbourne and throughout Victoria.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Contact Details:

Bridget Sloane, Manager ALERT, 92312266, Bridget.Sloane@svha.org.au

Alternate Contact:

Andrew Chan, Manager - Healthcare for the Homeless, Andrew.Chan@svha.org.au

Closing Date:

22 June 2024 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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