Pastoral Care Officer - Frederic House
Job No:
VIN903
Location:
Waterloo, NSW
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Full-time / permanent position
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Based in Frederic House, Waterloo NSW
- Hourly rate: SCHCADS Level 4, from $31.05
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Generous salary packaging benefits
- Opportunity to directly support the delivery of the Society’s Mission and Vision
What we do
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services and has been assisting people experiencing disadvantage in NSW for more than 130 years. Our people reach out to the most vulnerable in our community through our Conferences, Special Works and Vinnies shops. The Society’s mission is to shape a more just and compassionate society by offering a ‘hands up’ approach to people in need respecting their dignity, sharing our hope and encouraging them to take control of their own destiny.
About the Service
The St Vincent de Paul Society New South Wales Support Services are located in the inner city of Sydney and offer crisis accommodation and post-crisis community support. The Support Services is a Special Work of the St Vincent De Paul Society. Frederic House, located at Waterloo, is an aged care service providing a long-term home for approximately 60 men around inner Sydney. The residents are mainly older men, who are experiencing homelessness, relying on low pensions and are unable to live independently due to their medical and support needs.
The Role
The Pastoral Care Officer – Frederic House provides pastoral care services to Frederic House residents in accordance with the spirit, mission and ethos of the Society.
The role does this through maintaining strong working relationships with relevant client service managers, to communicate the provision of pastoral and spiritual care services and to assist in identifying clients in the need of specific pastoral and/or spiritual care needs, support and discussion.
This role will report to Director and Deputy Director of Nursing for day to day management and may also work when required with the Pastoral Care Officer based at Matthew Talbot Hostel in Woolloomooloo. The Director of Mission & Spirituality has a role providing formation support and leadership to the whole Pastoral Care Team.
Please click here for a copy of the Position Description.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Qualifications and/or demonstrated skills and experience in pastoral counselling or related field, at a minimum clinical pastoral education accreditation
- Strong commitment to the philosophy, ethos and mission of the St Vincent de Paul Society as a lay Catholic organisation
- An understanding of the importance of the Mass in the Catholic Tradition
- Ability to lead (or as minimum, support the lead of) a Communion Service
- Demonstrated understanding of the key client group of the Service and an ability to treat all residents of the Service with respect and dignity in an empathetic and compassionate manner
- Strong written and verbal communication and inter-personal skills
- Demonstrated capacity to build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds and interests
- Commitment to the Spirit and Spirituality of the St Vincent de Paul Society
- Able to work Sundays when required
Come and join our team!
We believe our employees are key to our success and in return we offer:
- Job satisfaction working as part of a team making a difference to people’s lives in an organisation that cares about people.
- Generous salary packaging benefits to employees where a portion of take-home pay is tax-free.
- In addition to excellent learning and development programs, as a large purpose driven organisation we provide opportunities to grow your career across a range of teams and services.
- Supportive, friendly and values driven team environment and culture.
Prior to an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check, Working with Children check, Health Declaration and/or a medical check, and Entitlement to work in Australia check.
If you have questions about this role, please email to Ross Conlan (Director of Nursing) at ross.conlan@vinnies.org.au, quoting job number and position title: Pastoral Care Officer (Frederic House) / VIN903.
Applications close at 11:30 pm on 15 April 2018
Please submit your application - attach your Resume and your
responses to the Essential Criteria outlined in the Position Description.
St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. The Society strongly encourages applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.