Financial Counsellor
Employee benefits
About MoneyMob Talkabout
MoneyMob Talkabout isn’t your average not-for-profit. We’re a values-led mob on a mission to make sense of money - for everyone. We work alongside Anangu communities across Adelaide, the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, and the Northern Territory, delivering financial counselling, capability casework, and education programs that make a real difference.
We are seeking candidates who:
Our Values
These values guide all aspects of our work including our service delivery, advocacy, governance and management.
COURAGE: We are committed to advocating strongly for change and creating a more just and inclusive environment.
EMPOWERMENT: We work to support First Nations people to be in control and work towards achieving independence, rights, opportunities and recognition of the inherent value of their culture and communities.
INTEGRITY: Honesty, openness, accountability, fairness and inclusiveness must be at the core of everything we do and are.
INSIGHT: Our actions and services are grounded in our organisational knowledge, evidence and ethics; the wisdom of the people, organisations and communities working alongside us; current thinking and research about what works nationally and internationally.
INNOVATION: We are a creative and agile organisation, motivated to continually improve, adapt and develop innovative solutions that add value and are valued by the communities we work with.
About the Role
The Financial Counsellor will be based in Adelaide, co-located with the DHS SA Remote Visitor Outreach team. We undertake financial counselling and capability casework using an “assertive outreach” model. This means, we go to Anangu homes and community locations to undertake our work where people feel comfortable.
Our Financial Counsellors provide casework from a holistic, trauma- informed and culturally respectful approach. Through comprehensive case planning and extended support, they help clients and their families better address the issues underlying their financial stress; negotiate, advocate and support people to move towards financial resilience and wellbeing through building their skills and knowledge. Our Adelaide program has a strong focus on assisting people to maintain successful tenancies.
The Financial Counsellor should have:
In Your First Six Months You'll:
Note: Community work requires good psychological and physical fitness. Due to the demands of the environment, this type of work is not recommended for people who have or are experiencing significant and unresolved trauma/mental ill health, major life upheavals or certain physical/chronic illnesses.
Next Steps:
If you are considering applying for the role, please read the position description carefully. The position description can be found here https://moneymob.org.au/jobs/
To discuss the role, please contact Karen Hoffensetz on 0437 063 451.
Applicants must address the selection criteria (no more than two pages) and provide references from two recent direct supervisors.
Please Note Interviews may take place as suitable applications are received.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
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When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
