Make a real difference

Be part of one of Victoria’s leading not-for-profits and help create meaningful change in the community every day.

Location

Inner Melbourne Community Hub – North Melbourne

Work type

Full Time - Ongoing

Salary

SCHADS 4 at $46.70 - $50.25 per hour + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging

Working model

On Site

About the role

The Ozanam House Case Management team supports homeless and marginalised single adults in a crisis accommodation environment. The program focuses on helping clients secure and sustain affordable housing by addressing unmet needs through a holistic case management approach. The Key Worker operates within a multidisciplinary team to support clients through crisis, recovery and stability. This includes developing person-centred, goal-oriented case plans, linking clients to mainstream and specialist services and addressing complex needs such as mental health, AOD, disability, justice involvement and family violence. The role involves managing competing demands in a high-pressure environment and undertaking complex operational and coordination tasks with minimal supervision.

Key Selection Criteria

- Minimum tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline with 1–2 years’ experience (desirable).
- Demonstrated understanding of professional client interaction, boundaries, and case recording principles, ensuring accountability and responsibility.
- Knowledge of issues affecting clients, including homelessness, financial hardship, family violence, mental health, substance use, and disability.
- Proven ability to provide holistic support for clients with complex needs, including managing case plans, resources, and budgets.
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice, human rights, and cultural safety, with the ability to manage conflict and challenging behaviours.
- Note: Candidates with lesser formal qualifications but substantial relevant experience may be considered,



except where mandatory credentialed standards apply.
- Valid Victorian Driver’s Licence required.

Want the full details? View the Position Description here

Why join Vincentcare?

- Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
- Career Development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

We are a leading community-focused organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing disadvantage, including homelessness and those impacted by family violence. We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of advantages including career development opportunities; salary packaging; study leave; family friendly, flexible working environment.





VincentCare is committed to demonstrating the principles of self-determination, reconciliation, intersectional inclusion, equity, and social justice. This means that we will resolutely:

- Take specific steps to ensure that all staff, volunteers and clients feel valued and are treated with dignity and respect.
- Celebrate people’s diverse physical and cognitive abilities, mental or cognitive health status, cultural background and ethnicity, gender identity, sex characteristic, sexual orientation, age, faith or non-faith.
- Critically review our work to identify disadvantages and we actively seek to place the voices and expertise of marginalised people at the centre of our actions when improving our inclusion strategies.
- Lead by example in how we challenge disadvantage and contribute to a more equitable world which is free from discrimination and marginalisation.

Want to know more?

Homelessness & Housing Services | VincentCare

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How to apply

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit

- Your CV
- A short cover letter outlining your suitability

Applications close: 20th September 2026 Please note: applications will be reviewed as they are received and the role may close earlier. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Phone enquiries may be made to Stacey Hill, Manager Support Services, on 0499 200 873.

Important information

- Pre-employment checks are required (including National Police Check, Working With Children Check and right to work)
- We are committed to child safety
- We value diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all backgrounds

No agencies please.

Where good happens #Goodworks

📌 Key Worker - Community Hub (Melbourne)
🏢 St Vincent de Paul Society, VincentCare Victoria, and VincentCare Community Housing
📍 Melbourne