Financial Counsellor
Locations: Mildura | Swan Hill | Flexibility to Work from Home
Tenure: Full Time - Fixed Term Contact
Salary: Remuneration will be dependent on qualifications and experience
Applications Close: This position will remain open until filled
Position Description: Financial Counsellor
This position is part of the 2022 Flood Financial Counselling Program response.
Mallee Family Care provide a range of Financial Counselling and capability services for vulnerable and disadvantaged community members, including people experiencing family violence, people with disabilities, and people on low incomes. The Financial Counselling Program provides the following services to clients with financial disadvantage: direct casework, individual and/or group advocacy and negotiation; referral; community education and development. Financial counselling aims to result in a client’s financial problems being partially or fully resolved; a client being able to make informed decisions on the best course of action to resolve their financial difficulties; and or a client gaining an improved ability to manage their financial affairs in the future. Our financial counsellors can be based in Mildura or Swan Hill and deliver regular outreach services to the northern and southern Mallee Regions, as well as working directly with Domestic Violence services.
The Mallee Family Care Community Legal Centre (MFC-CLC) offers free, confidential legal advice, information, referral pathways, policy review and advocacy, casework and community legal education to vulnerable people in the Northern and Southern Mallee areas of Victoria and Southwest New South Wales. The MFC-CLC includes a Domestic Violence Program.
The specialised service is part of the Health Justice Partnership initiative of the Victorian Government and is a partner with Mallee Sexual Assault Service-Mallee Domestic Violence Service. A requirement is to build upon and extend this partnership in order to improve legal responses for clients.
The Financial Counsellor will work as part of the MFC-CLC Team to provide wrap-around support to clients of the Centre. The Financial Counsellor is expected to work closely with the CLC team, the Leadership and staff to support the development and review of the MFC-CLC Service Delivery model which is based on a health justice framework to provide holistic and integrated service.
Qualifications and Experience:
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Highly desirable: a Diploma of Financial Counselling which provides eligibility for membership of Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) and experience in a financial counselling role.
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Or be currently studying a Diploma of Community Services or Financial Counselling, have case management experience or be willing to undertake further on-line study to obtain the Diploma of Financial Counselling.
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A current driver’s licence and a willingness to travel and preparedness to be accommodated overnight when required.
For you to be considered for this role, all applications must be submitted with a Cover Letter, Resume and the Key Selection Criteria addressed, which can be found in the position description.
For more information regarding this position please contact Maree Fullgrabe – Human Resource Manager on 5023 5966