
Caseworker Family Preservation
22 hours ago
**Permanent full-time role based on Bidjigal Country in Hurstville**:
- ** $76k - $95k + Super + Salary Packaging (salary dependent on qualifications and experience)**:
- ** Flexible friendly organisation + career progression & leadership training opportunities**
**Our Organisation**
The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.
As part of The Benevolent Society's vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
**About the role**
Our **Child & Family Services** provide **intensive family support** within the Child Protection system to strengthen families and decrease any risks to children, reducing the numbers of children entering Out of Home Care.
As our **Case Worker**in our **Intensive Family Support program**, you will undertake an assessment of family strengths, needs and desired outcomes, create a case plan and link them with appropriate networks. You will honour, respect and incorporate children and families culture in all aspects of practice and service delivery.
**Duties**
- Undertake an initial assessment of family strengths and need.
- Develop case plans that build on the family’s resilience to enable them to overcome identified risks.
- Provide intensive home visiting.
- Provide intervention through the use of evidence informed practices, partnering with other services and supporting the family to shape their next chapter.
**Our Benefits**
We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘**best life’** is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:
- ** Salary Benefits**:
- You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay
- **Motor Vehicle Packaging Options**- to suit your lifestyle.
- **Work/Life Balance** - Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee.
- **Recognition and Reward** -** Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.
- **Wellness** -** Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
- **Professional development**-** We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.
- **Our Reconciliation Commitment**-**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees are entitled up to 2 days paid plus up to 10 days unpaid cultural leave, as well as the option to be a voice on **reference networking groups,** the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways and your social and emotional wellbeing.
**Skills and Experience**
Relevant industry experience is essential and/or tertiary qualification in Social Work, Welfare or Psychology or related discipline is highly desirable.**
- Be recognised within the community as a respected, culturally safe person.
- Ability to actively and respectfully engage and assess Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander families.
- Experience identifying and addressing child protection concerns.
- High level written and verbal communication, it’s important to document our work.
- Current drivers license (pool cars are available so you don’t need to use your own vehicle)
- If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, then we want to hear from you. The Benevolent Society recognises and values cultural knowledge and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, we therefore strongly encourage you to apply. We are strongly committed to being an Employer of Choice, one who offers, provides, and practices cultural safety in our workplace. _
**Please submit your current CV and 1 page cover letter outlining your experience, interest and suitability for this role.**
Have a question? Get in touch with **Jade Thomas at 0427 354 296**for a confidential and friendly chat.
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