Why Choose Northside?
Why Choose Northside Community Service (NCS)NCS is committed to the well-being of its staff by ensuring a progressive workplace and, in doing so, continually seeks to improve work conditions and practices. Our values have been developed to help make NCS a better place to work and to ensure we continually work towards excellence in our service provision. Our vision drives our approach to the work of the organisation.
Career Options
Given the variety of services provided by our organisation, there are numerous career opportunities within the ACT.
Service Roles
- Case Management
- Youth Work
- Family Support
- Child Care Assistant
- Child Care Room Leader
- Pre-school Teachers
- Child Care Centre Managers
- Personal Carers
- Domestic Support
- Social Support
- Drivers
Organisational Support Roles
- Information Technology
- Human Resources
- Finance & Administration
- Property Management
- Facilities Management
Diversity
At NCS, we embrace Australia's socially and culturally diverse population. Our employees, like our clients, come from many different cultures and backgrounds. We nurture the differences that make our team members unique, including:
- Age
- Gender
- Race
- Religion
- Sexual orientation
- Family responsibilities
- Physical ability
We are committed to building an environment where all team members genuinely feel included, valued, and where difference is respected.
Feedback
At NCS, we listen. To support our goal and values, we need to make sure we get the best out of our employees. We encourage open and honest feedback and reporting.
Our aim is to enable staff to have their say so we can build the best environment for them.
Health and Safety
Safety is a very important at NCS, as we touch the lives of so many people and have a diverse workforce. We have a proactive Occupational Health and Safety Committee that promotes a safe workplace for our employees, clients, contractors and visitors.
To ensure safety promotion and awareness, we provide training that allows our employees and contractors work safely, prevent accidents and be accountable for outcomes.
We have an Employee Assistance Program to assist staff and their families as required.
Benefits
At NCS we do our best to ensure all available benefits are passed on to our employees.
We know it is important to recognise and reward the efforts, achievements and initiatives of our team members. We have a number of programs designed to thank our employees, to show how much we value their commitment to our organisation and our clients.
Service Recognition We recognise that time counts, so we formally acknowledge our team members' anniversary milestones at 2, 5, 7 and 10 years of service, and every 5 years thereafter.
Flexibility & Lifestyle
At NCS we understand that life should be enjoyed, so we actively encourage and support work-life balance.
Flexibility with Hours
Where business requirements allow, we offer flexibility to our team members in their working arrangements and leave options, because we understand that it is important to enjoy and pursue activities outside of work. A healthy lifestyle is about balance and we work with our team members to ensure they achieve this.
Training and Development
NCS is committed to providing ongoing training, growth and development opportunities to all employees to ensure the very best performance and job satisfaction.
Career Development
NCS is committed to finding and retaining the best people, and to offering them ongoing opportunities for career development. We provide employees with a range of development opportunities and encourage them to put themselves forward for projects, job rotations and other opportunities they see within the organisation.
