Why choose a career at Toora?
You will spend your days making a difference to the lives of vulnerable women and children by supporting those who are struggling to turn their lives around and create a better future.
In doing so, the challenges will help you stretch and grow as a person.
“Toora allowed me to be me, myself without prejudice, surrounded by love and acceptance. It didn’t matter if I spoke with an accent or muddled up. I was still listened to. In six years of working with the residents, I have learned from them a life experience. I am privileged to be able to wake up in the morning and to look forward to coming to work.”
“There is so much joy in experiencing women’s strength, love, and support. Toora has grown and changed through the years but remains a very supportive workplace for women working with women.”
“We as women are strong and resilient and Toora has harnessed this strength, power and knowledge and used it to empower other women. Toora is choice for all who come. Toora is at the fore front of change and movement for women’s issues in Canberra and I am proud to be apart of something so profound.”
Manager, Toora Alcohol and Other Drugs Service
Full-time Monday to Friday, 76 hours per fortnight.
ACT Community Sector MEA Level 7/8: $110,907 - $125,066 per annum, plus super and salary packaging.
ABOUT THIS POSITION:
The Service Manager will work towards alleviating the effects of AOD dependency and its contributing factors for women the impact of their own or another’s drug and alcohol use, through the provision of AOD treatment services: a day program, residential and transitional supported accommodation program, an outreach program, and a counselling service.
She will manage and further develop and evaluate these treatment services, will provide strong leadership and work towards achieving the maximum potential of the team, will implement and evaluate strategies to meet organisational goals and will engage in effective liaison and partnerships with other relevant programs and services in the community.
The Service Manager will ensure the day-to-day provision and strategic direction of high-quality services and support will be delivered within the scope of the service agreements, agreed frameworks and in accordance with the policies and philosophy of the organisation.
Women only applicants please as per section s 34(1) of the Discrimination Act 1991. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and CARM women are encouraged to apply.
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Manager - Toora Domestic Violence and Homelessness Service
Full-time Monday to Friday, 76 hours per fortnight.
ACT Community Sector MEA Level 8+: $120,338 - $140,000 per annum, plus super and salary packaging.
ABOUT THIS POSITION:
Toora Women supports women with complex issues who have experienced past or present traumas such as:
• domestic and sexual violence
• the impact of their own or another’s drug and alcohol use and/or mental health issues
• homelessness or at risk of homelessness
• the ACT corrections system.
Our current homelessness and drug and alcohol programs range across variety of settings such as crisis, transitional and head lease accommodation, day program, counselling and outreach support, allowing Toora to provide a wrap-around trauma informed care model, in an integrated service system. We deliver these complex services within a human rights and gendered framework. All services are based on a theoretical model of recovery, respect and empowerment. This includes encouraging self-help and minimizing the effects of institutionalization and the harm associated with dependencies.
The Manager will work towards alleviating the effects of homelessness and its contributing factors through the provision of a crisis, transitional and outreach support services for homeless and women at risk of homelessness. She will manage and further develop these homelessness services, will provide strong leadership and work towards achieving the maximum potential of the team, will implement and evaluate strategies to meet organisational goals and will engage in effective liaison and partnerships with other relevant programs and services in the community.
The Manager will ensure the day-to-day provision of services and support will be delivered within the scope of the service agreements, agreed frameworks and in accordance with the policies and philosophy of the organisation.
Women only applicants please as per section s 34(1) of the Discrimination Act 1991. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and CARM women are encouraged to apply.
Apply for this role at www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=971
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Case Coordinator - Toora Domestic Violence and Homelessness Service
Full-time Monday to Friday, 76 hours per fortnight.
ACT Community Sector MEA Level 5/6: $93,858 - $107,074 per annum, plus super and salary packaging.
ABOUT THIS POSITION:
Toora Women supports women with complex issues who have experienced past or present traumas such as:
• domestic and sexual violence
• the impact of their own or another’s drug and alcohol use and/or mental health issues
• homelessness or at risk of homelessness
• the ACT corrections system.
Our current homelessness and drug and alcohol programs range across variety of settings such as crisis, transitional and head lease accommodation, day program, counselling and outreach support, allowing Toora to provide a wrap-around trauma informed care model, in an integrated service system. We deliver these complex services within a human rights and gendered framework. All services are based on a theoretical model of recovery, respect and empowerment. This includes encouraging self-help and minimizing the effects of institutionalization and the harm associated with dependencies.
The Case Coordinator provides direct service delivery and ensures quality outcomes to women, with or without children, who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness. This includes the provision of safe and secure crisis and transitional accommodation and outreach support, and comprehensive case management to address key areas of the client’s health and other needs. The Case Coordinator will assist clients to develop critical analysis of their circumstances and to achieve change in their interpersonal environment and broad social conditions.
Women only applicants please as per section s 34(1) of the Discrimination Act 1991. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and CARM women are encouraged to apply.
Apply for this role at www.happyhr.com/jobs/single-page/?id=972
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