Two exciting opportunities to join a leading community organisation – Merri Outreach Support Service in case management role targeting vulnerable communities in their take up of COVID-19 vaccination. Great experience in contract role.
Children, families and clients with complex needs face unique barriers and can sometimes demonstrate hesitancy in accessing COVID-19 vaccinations. Barriers may include a limited ability to engage with culturally and contextually relevant education and awareness opportunities.
Case management delivery capacity will facilitate targeted approaches to address barriers to vaccine access and any associated hesitancy. Case managers will work collaboratively with individuals and communities from the priority cohort/s to identify, link with and organise the direct support and other associated activities required to increase vaccination uptake in priority cohorts.
The Targeted Case Management for COVID-19 Vaccination initiative will support access to vaccination for children, families and clients with complex needs, by providing targeted case management capacity in settings and services currently funded by DFFH to support to children, families and clients with complex needs
This program will deliver activities that reduce COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy, remove practical barriers to accessing vaccine and support increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine amongst priority cohorts.
The closing date for applications is 8th of Feb 2022
Please forward applications via email to: careers@merri.org.au
For further information, please click HERE to view the position description