Find and Connect Worker

Employer: Micah Projects

Region: Brisbane

Closing Date: 23 August 2023

Job Description:

Micah Projects is a community based not-for-profit organisation with a vision to create justice and respond to injustice at the personal, social, and structural levels in church, government, business, and society. We believe that every child and adult has the right to a home, an income, healthcare, education, safety, dignity, and connection with their community of choice. Micah Projects provides a range of support and advocacy services to individuals and families.

 Job Description

Lotus Support Services role is to advocate for and support adults who experienced childhood abuse, including child sexual abuse in institutional settings. Lotus provides support in living with the lifelong impacts of trauma from childhood abuse and seeking justice via applications for the National Redress Scheme and engagement with the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability.

How you will make a Difference:

As a Find and Connect Worker, you will work as part of the Lotus Place Team to provide initial response, ongoing assistance and support to people who experienced childhood abuse in institutional settings who are searching for (or may have located) their records of care or other personal history searches.

This is a part-time fixed term employment opportunity (15.2 hours per week) to June 2026, with conditions and salary at Level 3 of the SCHADS Award.

 Desired Skills and Experience

To be considered for this role, you’ll need to demonstrate effective engagement and interpersonal skills (particularly in the areas of support and advocacy), communication skills (both written and oral), be solution and problem solving focused.

Experience in assisting people with information gathering, personal record searching and coordinating complex case work (some advocacy and resourcing) is also essential.

More information about the role and to learn more about the key selection criteria, select the link to the Position Description.

For more information, please email [email protected].

Benefits of working at Micah Projects

  • Join a well-recognised multidisciplinary team
  • Salary Packaging options, increasing your take-home pay
  • Access to employee benefits and wellbeing hub
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities, including further training, so you can broaden your horizons and sharpen your skillset during your time with us

How to Apply!

If you believe that you have interest, passion, and desire to make a difference in a person’s life, please visit the Micah Projects Careers Page.

Please supply a Resume/CV and a one – two page covering letter addressing the Essential Criteria, along with any other documentation relevant for this position.

While the deadline to receive applications is 5pm, Friday 23 August 2024, applications will be assessed with interviews being conducted as they are received so do not delay in applying!

Micah Projects is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all abilities and life experiences. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

Location

Contact

Name: Darcy Orr

Position Description:

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