Community Development Worker

About the Opportunity

Amplify is an innovative Family Violence Program that supports young people aged between 15 and 19 years old who are experiencing both family violence and homelessness. Amplify provides case management, peer support, education and advocacy. Amplify is located within MCM’s Homelessness and Family Services division, and operates out of Frontyard Youth Services in Melbourne CBD.

This role draws on your lived experience of the family violence and homelessness systems to shape and inform your practice. The Amplify Peer Worker will work collaboratively with the Amplify team to guide and support young people to feel safe, identify family violence, and advocate and engage within and to the family violence and other service systems.

The Amplify Peer Worker will be responsible for holding a caseload of brief and longer-term clients, as well as working collaboratively with the Amplify Family Violence Practitioners and Senior Practitioner to ensure outcomes for young Amplify clients. The Amplify Peer Worker position provides peer support for a period of up to 6 months with young people aged between 15 and 19 years old who are experiencing both high-risk family violence and homelessness or housing insecurity.

About you

We are looking for someone who can:

• Hold a peer support case load of 6-8 young people
• Provide peer support, education, advocacy and capacity building to Amplify clients from a lived experience perspective
• Build authentic relationships with Amplify clients to establish trust and rapport
• Sharing lived experience in a purposeful and meaningful way 

Benefits of working with MCM include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

Essential:

• Formal training in Peer Work (e.g. Intentional Peer Support/SHARC Peer Worker Training) and/or experience in formalised peer work role/s
• Demonstrated lived experience of both the family violence and homelessness systems, preferably as a young person and in Victoria
• Ability to use own life experience to provide support to young people and build their hope for the future
• An understanding of the key issues affecting people with multiple and complex needs including mental ill health, homelessness, disabilities, alcohol and other drug issues, health and safety issues and social connection
• A strong commitment to recovery-based practice
• Knowledge of youth homelessness and other community service sectors
• Ability to work collaboratively with other programs and services
• Ability to contribute to and enhance program design within an integrated service to create an innovate environment that supports young people to live safe and free from violence
• Willingness to undergo professional development and training to support your role

Screening Criteria:

• National Police check
• Working with Children check and NDIS Worker Screening check or ability to obtain
• Valid Victorian Driver's license
• Right to Work in Australia

Applications for this role will close on 23 March 2026 or Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early.  Please include your current resume and cover letter.
Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.  If you have any needs throughout the recruitment process that have not already been catered for, we encourage you to contact recruitment@mcm.org.au to let us know how we can better support you to apply.

About MCM

MCM is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to safety. MCM embraces differences because we know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain talented people. 
We are a leading not-for profit-for-purpose organisation that offer a broad range of services in Disability, Homelessness, Palliative Care and Education.

Our commitment to Safety

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

Our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Equity of Access

At MCM we embrace our differences because we know that diversity helps us to innovate and make the biggest impact possible. Our DEI Strategy supports and drives an inclusive workplace culture. We embrace the learning opportunities that come with authentic commitment to equity of access for all. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.