Night Worker - Homeless Supported Accommodation

Employment Term: Part-time (53.2 hours a fortnight), 12 month maximum term

Location: Bilinga

Remuneration: $88k (pro-rata) + super + NFP salary packaging of up to $15,900 & $2,650 for meals & entertainment

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As a Night Worker you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

We are currently seeking to appoint a Night Worker to work as a part of our UnitingCare Gold Coast Homelessness Service based at the Bilinga site.

UnitingCare Gold Coast Homelessness Service provides support to clients who have been homeless and as such are now residing at Blair Athol.

Blair Athol assists them with addressing their housing barriers, connect them with a support Network and together work towards sustainable long-term housing solution.

What makes a difference for us?

You will have a genuine passion for helping people who have complex needs, and have previous experience or a good understanding of working with single men and families in the homeless space.

To be successful in this role, you will provide direct care, support and supervision of clients after hours/at night, ensuring their safety and wellbeing and respond to incidents and emergency situations, including those that occur during sleep-over shift.

In addition, you will have:

Minimum Cert 4 in relevant tertiary course which provides transferable skills and or experience to the homelessness sector

Experience working within the community services sector, in particular in the field of homelessness or another field which provides transferable experience and skills. Previous experience working within the Mental Health arena would be highly regarded.

Working with Children Check

Employment is conditional upon presentation of a current Suitability Card (Blue Card) or a willingness to apply for the same.

An open Australian driver's license.

Available to work weekends and night shifts - stay onsite overnight.

If you have the flexibility in your life to work nights and days, weekends when needed, and are confident that you have the skills and personality to be our casual Night Worker, we look forward to receiving your application.

What makes a difference for you?

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.