Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Part time (0.8 FTE), ongoing role
• Based in Footscray
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

In this role, you will support the delivery of the Housing Support for the Aged program, working with older people living in social housing who have multiple and complex needs and are at risk of homelessness.

You will provide short- to medium-term case management support, assisting clients to maintain their housing and independence. This includes connecting clients with appropriate health, welfare, and community services to address unmet needs and improve their overall health and wellbeing.

Your duties include:

• Provide outreach support and manage an allocated caseload using a short- to medium-term, client-centred case management approach.
• Conduct comprehensive needs assessments and develop targeted, achievable care plans that address clients' holistic needs.
• Facilitate and advocate for clients' access to appropriate community resources and services, including health, counselling, employment, education, recreation, housing, and substance use support.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with service providers, partner agencies, and key community stakeholders to optimise client outcomes

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• A tertiary qualification in Social Work or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to engage respectfully and effectively with people from culturally and socially diverse backgrounds, including marginalised and vulnerable groups.
• Experience in the health or community services sector, with well-developed skills in care coordination and case management, particularly with clients with complex needs.

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6895772.

Applications close 05 June 2026 at 10pm

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Josefa Puche-Cano Josefa.Puche-Cano@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.