Case Worker

**Job no**: 513359

**Work type**: Maximum Term Full Time

**Location**: Croydon

**Categories**: Child, Youth and Families
- **Leading Community Services Organisation**:

- **Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration**:

- **Multiple positions available (full time & part time) - all parental leave cover**

**About the opportunity**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a number of social workers to join our unique family services program, Starting Out. The program supports young people under 25yrs who are pregnant or parenting, and are experiencing complex issues that impact on parenting, family life and children’s wellbeing. Responding to referrals from The Orange Door, the program assists clients to enhance their parenting capacity through assertive outreach and group work.

In a typical day, a Starting Out Case Worker might:

- Use a creative approach to engage with a reluctant young family
- Build rapport to carry out a strengths and risk assessment in the client’s home or community
- Support a family to establish and reach identified parenting goals
- Build parenting skill, confidence and knowledge to support and promote their children's safety and wellbeing
- Support young people to parent to the best of their ability

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**What’s on offer**:
Join an organisation where we don’t just provide a service. We use our connections, our size, our scale, and our knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to a salary and superannuation, you’ll also receive **17.5% leave loading** and access to the full **$15,900 salary packaging benefits**. There is also an option for **additional purchased leave** to increase your annual leave entitlements.

**About you**:
You will also have:

- Demonstrated experience in assessing risk to babies, children and young people
- Sound understanding of the Best Interests Case Practice Model and Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
- Demonstrated knowledge of age, stage and development (birth - 5yrs)
- Proven ability to plan and implement innovative strategies to successfully engage reluctant young families
- Excellent communication and organisation skills

**How to apply**:

- Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability according to the position description)
- Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

**Applications will be assessed as they come through as we are keen to engage with someone.**

**Get in touch**:
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact **Amanda Baker - Team Leader, Starting Out** on** (03) 9724 2222**.

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._

**Advertised**: 01 Sep 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 28 Sep 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time