Case Worker

4 weeks ago

Ipswich, Australia Mercy Community Service Full time

**The Role**

The Families and Young People Services Team are currently looking for a Permanent Full-Time Case Worker in our Connected Families Program. This role is an Intensive Family Support Service based in our Ipswich office that supports children, young people and families in the community experiencing multiple and complex needs and at risk of entering or re-entering the child protection system. In this Caseworker role, you will be responsible for providing a range of intensive support services to highly vulnerable families through the delivery of culturally inclusive services and case management to build skills and facilitate sustainable change to become more capable and resilient and improving overall wellbeing.

This position offers a competitive salary of $77,578 to $83,486 plus superannuation (dependent on qualifications and experience). You will also have the opportunity to increase your take-home pay by salary sacrificing and other benefits (more information below).

**To be eligible for this position you will require**:

- Have 3- or 4-year tertiary qualification in Social Work, Social Science, Psychology or related discipline.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the Queensland Child Protection system.
- A clear, expressed understanding of the complex challenges facing families in contemporary society and a sound understanding of risk assessment frameworks.
- Evidence of current vaccination against whooping cough or willingness to obtain prior to commencement.
- You must hold a current Queensland Provisional Green (P2) or Open Drivers Licence.
- You must hold a positive notice in the Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and be able to obtain a positive Police Check and any other legislatively required personal history screening as required

**Why choose to work at Mercy?**

Mercy Community appreciates the important work that each person contributes to the success of our programs and services. Being part of the Mercy team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as we:

- Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need - saving you up to $144 if you need both card.
- Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services. This includes specialised First Nations counsellors.
- Provide the opportunity to increase your take home pay through the use of salary sacrificing and other packaging benefits -up to $18,550 per annum is available to take advantage of
- Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income.

Depending on your role, you may also be eligible:

- For annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
- To receive pay bonus’ of $500 for successful employee referrals
- To cash out or purchase annual leave and to
- take advantage of extra leave entitlements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to plenty of other career pathways and opportunities in the broader Disability Supports programs, or in other programs and services across Mercy.

**About Us**

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment. We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities. Please visit our website to find out more about our dedicated team and the work we do.

**Next Steps**

Mercy is committed to Safeguarding - taking actions to promote and ensure the welfare of children and adults at risk, protect them from abuse or neglect and supporting an awareness of whole community responsibility to help and protect all in need.

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