Spectrum

Spectrums’ award wining Multicultural Home Support Services (MHSS) has operated as an innovative social enterprise in the past 13 years providing culturally sensitive support to ageing migrants and people with disabilities in northern metro Melbourne. Spectrum’s MHSS is now being established in western metro Melbourne.

Multicultural Home Support Service (MHSS) – North Western Region program seeks to provide re-training and employment pathways in aged and disability care for retrenched and unemployed migrants in North Western Melbourne via the establishment of a trained and experienced bilingual workforce available to provide services to ageing migrants and people with disabilities.

Click on the link below for a copy of the position description;

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in the coordination of programs
• Demonstrated ability to provide support and supervision to staff, including conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated competence in planning and priority setting, including the ability to meet accountability and reporting requirements and deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated administrative experience in working with staffing rosters and experience in using computers (preferably experienced in using Goldcare)
• Demonstrated experience in the development and review of policy and procedures
• Ability to maintain and organize rostering requirements
• Demonstrated understanding of the needs of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds
• Demonstrated understanding of the needs of people who are ageing and the needs of their carers
• Previous experience working in aged care or similar human services program at a coordination level
• A current drivers license
• Fully maintained vehicle
• A current drivers license and access to own vehicle during work hours
• Demonstrated positive values of integrity, accountability, reliability and working as part of a team.

Other Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to speak a second language will be highly regarded

Please email your application addressing the selection criteria by 9am Friday 30th April 2010 attention:

Nikki Marshall

Special Projects Coordinator

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre

Email: jobs@spectrumvic.org.au