Make a difference with your career
Ready to make a difference in your career? Hear inspiring stories from professionals who transitioned from the corporate world to the housing and homelessness sector.
Learn about career paths and how your skills and passion can be directly applied to Queensland’s housing and homelessness sector.
Enjoying flexible work options, parents returing to work bring unique skills to the housing instability and homelessness.
Enjoying flexible work options, parents returing to work bring unique skills to the housing instability and homelessness.
People with lived experience of housing need and homelessness bring unique and valuable qualities to the sector. Hear from those who’ve lived this journey and are now pivotal contributors to the field.
HomeNow is a campaign promoting career pathways in Queensland’s housing and homelessness sector. HomeNow is delivered by sector peak bodies Homelessness Queensland and Q Shelter, under the Workforce Connect Fund, funded by the Queensland Government.
HomeNow showcases the many rich and rewarding career pathways that exist in our unique sector, to attract more dedicated, passionate and skilled people to a sector they may not have previously considered.
The HomeNow campaign consists of a website, videos, social media accounts, appearances at key career and training events, and regular email updates to interested subscribers.
One of the best things about our sector is the variety of roles available, which all contribute to making a difference to people experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness. Many roles involve working within communities to provide direct support to find secure and sustainable housing for people, while there’s also a whole range of opportunities behind the scenes in other disciplines and pathways.
With so many career pathways and organisations in Queensland’s housing and homelessness sector, there’s a wealth of paid, voluntary and work placement opportunities in the sector. Visit our Opportunities page to see current available roles and to contact organisations directly, and check back regularly to see new and updated listings.
The great thing about working in housing and homelessness is the diverse variety of jobs and pathways available, which welcomes all backgrounds and skill sets. Depending on the specific role you’re interested in, you may not need a qualification or experience. Some frontline or specialist roles may require a certificate, diploma or degree, and there are a variety of pathways available through TAFE and university.
There’s never been a better time to gain a qualification in Community Services at TAFE, with Certificate III, IV and Diplomas offered under the Fee-Free TAFE courses program.
It takes a mixture of skill, passion and dedication to work in this field, and the diversity of roles available means all kinds of skills are needed and have their place. Given the nature of the sector being support services, people who have strong ‘soft’ skills particularly thrive in this field. Whether your brain is built for business and you thrive on numbers and data, you’re great with planning and organising projects, you’re a creative wordsmith or designer, or you love working directly with people – some of the key soft skills or traits most people in the sector are strong in include:
Even if you’re brand new to housing and homelessness, community services, or not-for-profit sectors, you’ll likely have transferable skills and relevant experience that will help you in your career pathway in this field. The diversity of jobs and skillsets required means there’s a place for just about everyone. If you have a genuine drive and passion to make a difference for marginalised and vulnerable people in the community, and you want to be part of a movement that ensures everyone in Queensland has safe, secure and sustainable housing – this is the sector for you.
HomeNow isn’t a job search website like Seek or Ethical Jobs. Instead, it promotes the diverse range of career pathways that exist in the housing and homelessness sector in Queensland, and shares stories from real people who work in the sector.
Organisations in the sector can register to be featured on our Opportunities page as a general promotion of their organisation, allowing you to get to know what they do in the sector and explore potential career pathways. Please note there may not be specific roles available at any one time.
HomeNow and the project delivery organisations do not manage and are not responsible for the content of any third-party websites linked on this site. For any specific opportunity enquiries, please contact the listed organisations directly.
Yes, if you are on a Student Visa (Subclass 500) you can work in the Queensland housing and homelessness sector however there are some work schedule restrictions. Find out more from the Department of Home Affairs.
If you want to spend time working in Australia you will need a work visa. The type of visa you may get will depend on how long you want to stay, it is likely that you will need to have an occupation that is on a skills shortage list.
Some of these occupations are common in the housing and homelessness sector:
Social Worker
Accountant (General)
Data Analyst*
Marketing Specialist
Architect
Community Worker
Family Support Worker
Welfare Worker
Youth Worker
Visit the Department of Home Affairs
Your qualification may need to be assessed for equivalency to Australian standards. Organisations like the Australian Government Department of Education or Queensland Training Information Service can help with this process.
Individual employers may have their own criteria for recognising international qualifications, so it’s worth checking directly with them.
The HomeNow website and project is delivered by Q Shelter and Homelessness Queensland under the Workforce Connect Fund. This project is funded through the Workforce Connect Fund, powered by the Queensland Government’s Good people. Good jobs: Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022-2032.
HomeNow acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
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