Case Manager

**Job no**: 504594
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Gold Coast
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family

**About the Organisation**

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the Role**

The purpose of the Case Manager - Transition from Care (TFC) position is to provide outreach style case management support to young people between the ages of 15 and 18 who are transitioning from care to adulthood and independence.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop high quality case plans which respond to the individual and changing needs of children and young people in LWB’s care.
- Develop comprehensive plans for each young person 15 years and over to support their transition to independent living and ensure young people are supported to access financial and other support.
- Provide support, advice and referrals to young people who have left LWB’s care up to the age of 25.
- Collaborate with Cultural Support Planners to incorporate and implement strategies within case plans to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people to maintain their culture and identity.
- Develop and implement Cultural Support Plans for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse children and young people to support them to maintain their culture and identity.
- Drive the implementation and achievement of the case plan goals and plans for permanency of children and young people.
- Record, monitor and review goals, objectives, and tasks to ensure their ongoing relevance to each child or young person.
- Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date with all client information.
- Manage communication with key stakeholders, internally and externally to achieve case plan goals.

**Skills and Experience**
- A relevant bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Social Welfare, Psychology, Nursing or Mental Health.
- A current driver’s licence.
- Demonstrated experience in case planning with children and young people who have experienced trauma with a focus on achieving permanency outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in developing positive developmental relationships that build trust with children and young people through visible interest and active engagement, and to place the best interests of the child at the centre of case planning.
- Demonstrated experience in working autonomously in implementing therapeutic case plans for multiple clients simultaneously.

**Benefits**:

- An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including a mobile phone, laptop, and Tool of Trade Vehicle with fuel card.
- Salary packaging tax benefits, meal entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more.
- Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
- Monthly RDO.

How to Apply

**Advertised**: 30 Jan 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 12 Feb 2025 23:55 E. Australia Standard Time