Join our Family Services Team.

• Casual position based at Bairnsdale
• Increase take-home pay with access to salary packaging benefits!
• Provide compassionate, hands-on support to community members and foster connection, wellbeing, and inclusion through services offered.

Your new role

As a Community Support Worker you will offers practical and emotional support to individuals and families. You will help people access essential services and programs through referrals, assisting with completing forms or understanding correspondence, supporting digital access such as internet use or emails, and providing guidance with everyday tasks such as making phone calls or connecting to community resources

In a typical day as a Community Support Worker you might:

• Support administrative tasks for community members and the Community Hub requiring a high degree of judgment, initiative, confidentiality and sensitivity.
• Contribute to the day-to-day activities of the Community Hub where required

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 3 + super + 25% Casual loading, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• We recognise contributions with our annual awards programme!
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

You will bring with you:

• Post-secondary qualifications in Community Development or related field are desirable.
• Current driver’s licence valid in Victoria
• Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to the principles of Social Justice.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of volunteer recruitment and support processes.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in a multi-skilling learning environment and a self-managing team.

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, please reach out Sascha Johns, Manager Child Youth and Families on 03 5152 9600 for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org 

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.