About Sustaining Tenancies
Sustaining Tenancies provides support to individuals and whānau who need help to sustain their tenancies and address any issues which put their tenancy at risk.
Methodist Mission Southern is an innovative social justice agency based in Dunedin delivering this service through Otago and Southland.
About the Role
We are looking for a Community Services Specialist Taituarā a Hapori to support our community in Waihōpai Invercargill and Southland. This role is full-time, 40 hours per week.
The core elements of this work are;
• Privileging the individual and whānau voice and choices;
• A focus on skills development, accessing community resources and knowledge-building;
• The use of evidence-backed tools;
• An outcome-orientation;
To be successful in this role you will be
An independent worker who is self-motivated and passionate about helping to prevent homelessness and focused on building the skills and resilience of individuals and whānau in the service.
You will have;
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Well developed networking skills
• High level of computer competency
• Excellent time management and interpersonal skills
• Experience with client led solutions using the client voice to achieve positive outcomes
• Connections into diverse communities in Otago
Experience in education, occupational therapy, speech therapy, legal or advocacy services, tenancy services, property management, and community networking would be well regarded.
What’s in it for you
The Community Services Specialist Taituarā a Hāpori will:
• Have the opportunity to establish community networks that support individual’s or whānau at housing risk
• Ongoing Training and development in Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT)
• Offer a Competitive salary
• Be supported by a wellbeing employer providing:
Shortlisting will be based on the demonstrated ability to meet the person specification.
Preferred applicants will be sent an Application for Employment form prior to interview.
Toi Tū te Whenua, Toi Tū te Kai Tahutaka, Toi Tū te Tākata – The land and its people are constant, Kai Tahu Culture will be integral to our work, and our people will flourish.
Methodist Mission Southern’s vision is of a safe, caring, and sustainable society where every citizen is valued and respected, and enjoys an equal opportunity to lead a fulfilled life. We deliver a broad range of evidence-based services to people of all ages, throughout Otago and Southland.
Our social and educational services aim to develop skills and build resilience in every person we work with – to create meaningful, long-lasting changes for themselves, their whānau and their communities.
We are committed to strengthening our partnerships with Māori, improving our bicultural practices across our entire organisation, and using our skills and resources to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support positive outcomes for Māori.
Our current work includes; early childhood services, self-regulation and oral language programmes, youth transition housing, client support services, speech-language communication support, prison-based education, literacy and numeracy programmes, parenting programmes, driver licence training, and capability building initiatives for other social service providers.
We are constantly looking to improve the quality of our work, and our Innovation Lab is responsible for the design, development and testing of new initiatives – including play-based approaches for improving children’s life course outcomes, virtual reality education tools for prison-based learners, transitional housing models for young people, new practice models for supporting individuals and whānau to achieve their goals, and innovative uses of data to gain insights into issues and opportunities for clients, measure outcomes, and improve service delivery across the social sector.
