Case Manager – Foster Care

Overview

Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people

We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day

- Shepparton location on Yorta Yorta Country
- Full time, permanent position
- Base salary $100k pa + Super + Salary Packaging

Your Opportunity

Berry Street’s Hume Region provides a foster care service for children and young people who are at risk or who have experienced the trauma of family violence, child abuse or neglect or who are unable to reside at home with their birth families and require a foster care placement. Berry Street provides foster carers who offer a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people in care.

In 2025 Berry Street secured new ‘Therapeutic Foster Care’ targets to increase the number of therapeutic placements available across Victoria. Therapeutic foster care is an enhanced model of foster care that provides additional specialist training and support to foster carers. The case manager role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a therapeutic specialist to implement the enhanced model for children and young people requiring additional supports within the foster care system.

This position has an outreach focus in the community with service delivery across the Shires of Moira, Murrindindi, Strathbogie, Mitchell & City of Greater Shepparton.

About the location

Shepparton is a growing regional city located 180 kilometres from Melbourne on the beautiful Goulburn river. With a population of 68,000 people, the town is known for their agriculture, arts and rich Aboriginal history. The region offers a variety of lifestyles, with urban centres and country towns all within a half hour drive of the CBD.

Your skills and experience

Building strong relationships by engaging, listening to and supporting children and young people in foster care placements, ensuring regular contact to monitor their well-being and obtain their input into planning & ensure decision making participation as age appropriate.

- Experience in Case Management in the sector is preferred.
- Ensure the provision of a high-quality case management service to children, young people and their families.
- Supporting foster carers to form appropriate, therapeutically informed relationships with children in their care.

A Diploma qualification in Social Work, Youth Work or other related discipline is a requirement for this position.

Berry Street Benefits

- $15,900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
- Regular reflective supervision
- A culture that values and support professional development
- 17.5 % leave loading

Apply now

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP as applications are being assessed as they are received.

Queries to Sharelle Davidson - Senior Manager on 03 5822 8143

Note: the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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